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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 17, 20245 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 17, 2024, 6:23 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 108 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 17, 2024, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: Sep 17, 2024, 8:11 PM EDT
In force: 108 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Durham County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Orange County, NC, Wake County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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 Sep 16, 7:27 PM EDT, 22 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 7:27 PM EDT, 22 hours 56 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
Sep 16, 9:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	3 hr
Sep 16, 11:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Harnett, Hoke and 11 more	4 hr
Sep 17, 9:49 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	65 hr
Sep 17, 1:37 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	19 hr
Sep 17, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Person	57 min
Sep 17, 5:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Wake	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2024 Every flash flood warning in 2024

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.