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Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 17, 2025Davidson County, Forsyth County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2025, 5:40 PM EDT for Davidson County, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was in force for 112 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: Jul 17, 2025, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2025, 7:32 PM EDT
In force: 112 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Davidson County, NC, Forsyth County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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 Jul 16, 6:45 PM EDT, 22 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 6:45 PM EDT, 22 hours 55 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
Jul 17, 1:43 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 19 more	30 hr
Jul 17, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	57 min
Jul 17, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Richmond	79 min
Jul 17, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	77 min
Jul 17, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	46 min
Jul 17, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	29 min
Jul 17, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Moore, Randolph	37 min
Jul 17, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	58 min
Jul 17, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	40 min
Jul 17, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Orange	40 min
Jul 17, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Orange	36 min
Jul 17, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville	43 min
Jul 17, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash	43 min

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.