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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Raleigh, NC

January 13, 2024Johnston County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Jan 13, 2024, 2:48 AM EST for Johnston County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 13, 2024, 6:32 AM EST. It was in force for 70 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2024, 2:48 AM EST (07:48 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 13, 2024, 6:32 AM EST
Expired: Jan 16, 2024, 5:00 AM EST
In force: 70 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 07:49 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 17.32 ft at Jan 14, 2024, 8:00 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 Jan 12, 6:45 PM EST, 8 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 6:45 PM EST, 8 hours 3 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
Jan 12, 7:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Wake	67 min
Jan 12, 8:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett, Hoke, Scotland	60 min
Jan 12, 8:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Vance, Wake, Warren	54 min
Jan 12, 9:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Bladen	27 min
Jan 12, 9:09 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	35 hr
Jan 12, 9:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	50 min
Jan 12, 9:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	34 min
Jan 12, 9:40 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Sampson and 3 more	3 hr
Jan 12, 9:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	36 min
Jan 12, 10:09 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston, Wilson	66 min
Jan 12, 10:43 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	62 min
Jan 13, 2:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Chatham	6 hr
Jan 13, 3:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	24 hr
Jan 13, 10:37 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	21 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2024 Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.