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WGUS42 KRAH 280521
FLWRAH
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
121 AM EDT THU MAR 28 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH NC HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...
ROCKY RIVER NEAR NORWOOD AFFECTING STANLY AND ANSON COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RAH/RIVERS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS AFTERNOON AT 130 PM EDT.
NCC007-167-281730-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FL.W.0018.240328T0548Z-240328T2024Z/
/NRWN7.1.ER.240328T0548Z.240328T0600Z.240328T0824Z.NO/
121 AM EDT THU MAR 28 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROCKY RIVER NEAR NORWOOD.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, ACTION STAGE. THE RIVER BEGINS TO OVERFLOW
ITS BANKS IN SOME AREAS UPSTREAM OF THE GAGE SITE.
AT 20.0 FEET, MINOR FLOOD STAGE. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT OVERFLOW
INTO ADJACENT PASTURE AND LOWLANDS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:00 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 20.2 FT. IT WILL THEN FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 AM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT SUN MON
ROCKY RIVER
NORWOOD 20.0 19.2 THU 1 AM EDT 20.2 11.5 7.6 6.6 6.2
LAT...LON 3525 8027 3521 8015 3519 8004 3511 8009
3515 8028
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