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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 17, 2025Johnston County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this river flood warning at Mar 17, 2025, 1:37 AM EDT for Johnston County, North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 17, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2025, 1:37 AM EDT (05:37 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 17, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 17, 2025, 9:22 PM EDT
In force
16 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 05:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Neuse River near Clayton (CLYN7). The gauge peaked at 9.92 ft at Mar 17, 2025, 11:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02087500, 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 Mar 16, 7:30 PM EDT, 6 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 7:30 PM EDT, 6 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 7:57 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 16, 7:42 PM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 16, 7:52 PM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Lee, Moore, Wake46 min
Mar 16, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore43 min
Mar 16, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWarren36 min
Mar 16, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery49 min
Mar 16, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHLee47 min
Mar 16, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance42 min
Mar 16, 9:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHWake21 min
Mar 16, 10:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake34 min
Mar 16, 10:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHWake2 hr
Mar 16, 10:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHFranklin, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Warren17 min
Mar 16, 10:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHFranklin, Warren42 min
Mar 16, 10:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHFranklin, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Warren3 hr
Mar 17, 12:10 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHEdgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wilson3 hr
Mar 17, 12:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax47 min
Mar 17, 4:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHJohnston42 hr
Mar 17, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland67 min
Mar 17, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHarnett57 min
Mar 17, 2:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHNash23 hr
Mar 17, 3:01 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRAHEdgecombe, Halifax, Nash3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2025Every river flood warning in 2025

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.