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Flood Watch 2, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flood watch at Aug 21, 2026, 2:13 AM EDT for 20 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Aug 21, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2026, 2:13 AM EDT (06:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 21, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2026, 1:58 AM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Durham County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Orange County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Wake County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 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 Aug 21, 1:55 AM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 1:55 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 7:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 91 min |
| Aug 21, 9:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Richmond | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke | 55 min |
| Aug 21, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 1:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 92 min |
| Aug 21, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 2:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 3:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 65 min |
| Aug 21, 3:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 52 min |
| Aug 21, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Scotland | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Stanly | 64 min |
| Aug 21, 5:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and 2 more | 67 min |
| Aug 21, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange, Randolph | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 38 min |
| Aug 21, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville, Vance, Warren | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Harnett, Wake | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 7:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Granville, Person, Vance | 3 hr |
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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.