549  
WGUS62 KRAH 280114  
FFARAH  
 
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
914 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2024  
 
NCZ007>011-024>028-040>043-075>078-084>086-088-089-281215-  
/O.CON.KRAH.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-240329T0000Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-  
EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-  
RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FAYETTEVILLE, GOLDSBORO, ROUGEMONT,  
CREEDMOOR, RALEIGH, ROANOKE RAPIDS, CLAYTON, SOUTHERN PINES,  
ABERDEEN, SANFORD, WILSON, SPRING LAKE, DUNN, LOUISBURG, CHAPEL  
HILL, FRANKLINTON, SPRING HOPE, OXFORD, PINEHURST, ANGIER,  
DURHAM, KITTRELL, ENFIELD, PITTSBORO, RAEFORD, LAURINBURG, WAKE  
FOREST, CAMP MACKALL, CARRBORO, ERWIN, HILLSBOROUGH, NASHVILLE,  
ROCKINGHAM, SELMA, HENDERSON, ROXBORO, PRINCEVILLE, APEX,  
SMITHFIELD, ROCKY MOUNT, SCOTLAND NECK, SILER CITY, WARRENTON,  
BUIES CREEK, LILLINGTON, ELLERBE, NORLINA, HOPE MILLS, ROSEBORO,  
WAGRAM, TARBORO, CARY, KNIGHTDALE, CLINTON, AND CARTHAGE  
914 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2024  
   
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAIN.  
 
* WHERE...THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT, SANDHILLS, AND COASTAL PLAIN IN  
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: CHATHAM,  
CUMBERLAND, DURHAM, EDGECOMBE, FRANKLIN, GRANVILLE, HALIFAX,  
HARNETT, HOKE, JOHNSTON, LEE, MOORE, NASH, ORANGE, PERSON,  
RICHMOND, SAMPSON, SCOTLAND, VANCE, WAKE, WARREN, WAYNE AND WILSON.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING, ESPECIALLY IN  
URBAN AREAS AND OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- A FRONT WILL EDGE EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN CAROLINAS AND  
OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ALONG AND  
JUST WEST OF THAT FRONT AND RESULT IN AN AXIS OF TWO TO FOUR  
INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE WATCH AREA.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 

 
 

 
 
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