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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Dec 18, 2023, 4:49 AM EST for Johnston County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 18, 2023, 7:56 AM EST. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2023, 4:49 AM EST (09:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 18, 2023, 7:56 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2023, 4:52 AM EST
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Johnston County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Neuse River at Smithfield (SMFN7). The gauge peaked at 17.83 ft at Dec 19, 2023, 7:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02087570, 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 Dec 18, 3:53 AM EST, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 3:53 AM EST, 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 7:50 PM EST, 8 hours 59 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 750 PM EST Sun Dec 17 2023 NCZ007>011-024>028-040>043-074>077-083>086-088-190100- Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash- Edgecombe-Chatham-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett- Anson-Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland- 750 PM EST Sun Dec 17 2023 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Heavy rainfall is possible through early Monday morning as a powerful storm system tracks northeast over the region. Rainfall of 2 to 4 inches will bring the potential for localized flooding, especially in urban and poor drainage areas. This storm system will also continue breezy winds, gusting to 30 mph at times. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. NCZ078-089-190100- Wayne-Sampson- 750 PM EST Sun Dec 17 2023 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Heavy rainfall is possible through early Monday morning as a powerful storm system tracks northeast over the region. Rainfall of 2 to 4 inches will bring the potential for localized flooding, especially in urban and poor drainage areas. This storm system will also continue breezy winds, gusting to 30 mph at times. Lastly, there is a slight risk (level 2 of 5) of strong to severe storms during the late afternoon and evening. Damaging winds are the primary severe threat. An isolated tornado is also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. NCZ021>023-038-039-073-190100- Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-Davidson-Randolph-Stanly- 750 PM EST Sun Dec 17 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Rainfall of 2 to 3 inches will bring the potential for localized flooding, mainly in urban and poor drainage areas. This storm system will also bring windy conditions, gusting to 25 mph at times. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. JJT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 17, 11:32 PM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 7:03 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Dec 17, 10:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 62 min |
| Dec 17, 10:51 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 14 hr |
| Dec 17, 11:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 58 min |
| Dec 17, 11:47 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 17, 11:51 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren, Wayne and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 27 hr |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.