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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 5, 2023Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2023, 4:05 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2023, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2023, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Cumberland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 4, 7:48 PM EDT, 20 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 7:48 PM EDT, 20 hours 17 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
Jul 4, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	57 min
Jul 5, 1:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	39 min
Jul 5, 2:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	19 min
Jul 5, 2:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	84 min
Jul 5, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	65 min
Jul 5, 2:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Randolph	2 hr
Jul 5, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Wake	50 min
Jul 5, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	57 min
Jul 5, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham	54 min
Jul 5, 2:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham	39 min
Jul 5, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	26 min
Jul 5, 3:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Wake	113 min
Jul 5, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	65 min
Jul 5, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	44 min
Jul 5, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	30 min
Jul 5, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee	32 min
Jul 5, 3:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland	15 min
Jul 5, 3:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Sampson	69 min
Jul 5, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	31 min
Jul 5, 4:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Wake	83 min
Jul 5, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	34 min
Jul 5, 4:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Sampson	2 hr
Jul 5, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Bladen	35 min
Jul 5, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	31 min
Jul 5, 5:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke, Scotland	3 hr
Jul 5, 6:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Montgomery, Stanly	40 min
Jul 5, 6:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Sampson	118 min
Jul 5, 7:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Montgomery, Stanly	84 min

Nearby

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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.