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River Flood Warning 49, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 24, 2024Johnston County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Sep 24, 2024, 11:37 PM EDT for Johnston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 24, 2024, 11:37 PM EDT (03:37 UTC)
Expired: Sep 29, 2024, 9:44 AM EDT
In force: 4 days
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 03:37 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 17.74 ft at Sep 26, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT.

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 Sep 24, 10:55 PM EDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 10:55 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 24, 11:26 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 24, 11:32 PM EDT, 5 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 24, 8:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Durham, Orange, Person	3 hr
Sep 24, 8:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson, Guilford, Randolph	3 hr
Sep 24, 10:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Lee, Wake	3 hr
Sep 24, 11:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Warren	64 min
Sep 24, 11:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren	3 hr
Sep 25, 12:09 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	27 hr
Sep 25, 12:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	59 min
Sep 25, 12:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	40 min
Sep 25, 12:57 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake	3 hr
Sep 25, 1:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Warren	5 hr
Sep 25, 1:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Person	5 hr
Sep 25, 4:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake	4 hr
Sep 25, 5:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Person	4 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.