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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Raleigh, NC

January 3, 2022Chatham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Jan 3, 2022, 2:24 PM EST for Chatham County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 3, 2022, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2022, 2:24 PM EST (19:24 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 3, 2022, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 3, 2022, 10:32 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Chatham County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Haw River near Bynum (BYNN7). The gauge peaked at 11.34 ft at Jan 3, 2022, 5:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02096960, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jan 3, 2:10 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 2:10 PM EST, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 10:50 AM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1050 AM EST Mon Jan 3 2022

NCZ007-008-021-022-041600-
Person-Granville-Forsyth-Guilford-
1050 AM EST Mon Jan 3 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Winter Weather Advisory.
   Wind Advisory.

In addition, residual snow, slush, and moisture on roadways will
likely freeze in some locations overnight resulting in icy patches
and black ice overnight and on Tuesday morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

NCZ009>011-023>027-038>041-041600-
Vance-Warren-Halifax-Alamance-Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Davidson-
Randolph-Chatham-Wake-
1050 AM EST Mon Jan 3 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

In addition, rain is expected to change over to a rain and snow mix
or wet snow for a time late this morning and this afternoon. A light
coating of snow on elevated and grassy surfaces is possible.
However, due to the recent warm conditions, no significant
accumulation is expected on pavement.

Residual slush, runoff, and moisture on roadways may freeze overnight
resulting in icy patches and black ice overnight and on Tuesday
morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

NCZ028-042-043-073>078-083>086-088-089-041600-
Edgecombe-Johnston-Wilson-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-
Anson-Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson-
1050 AM EST Mon Jan 3 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 3, 1:29 PM EST, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 3, 1:53 PM EST, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 3, 2:02 PM EST, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 3, 2:04 PM EST, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 3, 2:08 PM EST, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 3, 2:16 PM EST, 8 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 2, 8:53 PM EST	Wind Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more	18 hr
Jan 3, 3:36 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery, Randolph	24 min
Jan 3, 4:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth and 9 more	26 min
Jan 3, 4:52 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Granville, Guilford, Orange and 2 more	113 min
Jan 3, 5:11 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange	34 min
Jan 3, 5:44 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Lee, Orange and 1 more	4 hr
Jan 3, 6:00 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond and 1 more	45 min
Jan 3, 6:51 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee and 2 more	39 min
Jan 3, 7:23 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Cumberland, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Nash and 4 more	52 min
Jan 3, 7:49 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren, Wilson	3 hr
Jan 3, 8:14 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Wayne, Wilson	46 min
Jan 3, 9:14 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange and 2 more	6 hr
Jan 3, 10:28 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Anson, Stanly	12 hr
Jan 3, 12:28 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	29 hr
Jan 3, 12:30 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	55 hr
Jan 3, 2:57 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2022 Every river flood warning in 2022

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.