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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 7, 2023Chatham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Apr 7, 2023, 7:07 PM EDT for Chatham County, North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 7, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2023, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 8, 2023, 5:42 AM EDT
In force
10 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 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Haw River near Bynum (BYNN7).

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGranville, Person60 min
Apr 7, 1:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWarren65 min
Apr 7, 6:42 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHHarnett, Johnston, Wake2 hr
Apr 7, 7:17 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatRAHHarnett, Wake3 hr
Apr 7, 7:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHChatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake3 hr
Apr 7, 9:40 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHDavidson, Randolph3 hr
Apr 7, 9:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham54 min
Apr 7, 10:14 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAHHarnett, Wake5 hr
Apr 7, 10:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange3 hr
Apr 7, 11:11 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatRAHDurham, Orange3 hr
Apr 7, 2:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHDurham, Orange5 hr
Apr 7, 5:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHChatham, Orange3 hr
Apr 7, 5:57 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRAHDurham, Orange7 hr

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.