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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 12, 2023Edgecombe County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2023, 3:29 AM EDT for Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 12, 2023, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2023, 3:29 AM EDT (07:29 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 12, 2023, 6:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2023, 4:23 AM EDT
In force
58 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Edgecombe County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 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 Tar River at Tarboro (TARN7). The gauge peaked at 20.36 ft at Apr 14, 2023, 3:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02083500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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.