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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Raleigh, NC

January 9, 2024Chatham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Jan 9, 2024, 7:12 PM EST for Chatham County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 9, 2024, 10:04 PM EST. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 9, 2024, 7:12 PM EST (00:12 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 9, 2024, 10:04 PM EST
Expired: Jan 11, 2024, 2:31 PM EST
In force: 40 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 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Haw River near Bynum (BYNN7). The gauge peaked at 14.84 ft at Jan 10, 2024, 1:00 PM EST.

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.

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 9, 6:45 PM EST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 6:45 PM EST, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 6:55 PM EST, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 9, 5:48 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
548 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0443 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 NNW Stantonsburg      35.64N 77.84W
01/09/2024                   Wilson             NC   911 Call Center

            Tree down at 5352 NC Highway 58 S.

&&

JD

Local storm report, Jan 9, 5:50 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
550 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0301 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 SSW Altamahaw         36.17N 79.51W
01/09/2024                   Alamance           NC   Utility Company

            Fallen trees on power lines.

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JRC

Local storm report, Jan 9, 5:59 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
559 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0549 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 NNW Rdu International 35.88N 78.79W
01/09/2024  M69 MPH          Wake               NC   ASOS

&&

JD

Local storm report, Jan 9, 6:23 PM EST, 49 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
623 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0554 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 ENE Hope Mills        34.99N 78.88W
01/09/2024  M62 MPH          Cumberland         NC   Official NWS Obs

            KFAY ASOS.

&&

Local storm report, Jan 9, 6:28 PM EST, 44 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
628 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0453 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 W Kingsboro           35.90N 77.73W
01/09/2024                   Edgecombe          NC   911 Call Center

            Tree on power lines and power pole snapped
            in half at Nobles Mill Pond Rd and Jackson
            Walk.

&&

JD

Local storm report, Jan 9, 6:59 PM EST, 13 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 9, 7:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson	48 min
Jan 9, 7:35 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Davidson, Davie	61 hr
Jan 10, 12:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Chatham, Lee	10 hr
Jan 10, 4:55 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	18 hr
Jan 10, 10:23 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	36 hr

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.