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Flood Watch 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 15, 202523 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flood watch at Jun 15, 2025, 2:18 AM EDT for 23 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 15, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 2025, 2:18 AM EDT (06:18 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 15, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 15, 2025, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Flood severity: None

All 23 counties

Alamance County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jun 15, 2:00 AM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:00 AM EDT, 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 8:57 PM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 9:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 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
Jun 14, 8:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren	80 min
Jun 14, 8:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	63 min
Jun 15, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	53 min
Jun 15, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	64 min
Jun 15, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	57 min
Jun 15, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	61 min
Jun 15, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash	54 min
Jun 15, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash, Wilson	61 min
Jun 15, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	52 min
Jun 15, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Wilson	40 min
Jun 15, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson	48 min
Jun 15, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren	38 min
Jun 15, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	50 min
Jun 15, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax	46 min
Jun 15, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Nash, Wilson	44 min

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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.