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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1055 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
NCZ083-220100-
/O.EXA.KRAH.FA.A.0002.260821T1500Z-260822T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF POLKTON AND WADESBORO
1055 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, ANSON.
* WHEN...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND POSSIBLY INTO TONIGHT AND EARLY
SATURDAY. A STALLED FRONT OVER THE REGION WILL COMBINE WITH
ANOMALOUSLY MOIST CONDITIONS AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR, SUPPORTING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES PER
HOUR. THESE RATES WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 2 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY.
- 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.
NCZ023>025-039>043-073>078-084>086-088-089-220100-
/O.CON.KRAH.FA.A.0002.260821T1500Z-260822T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-
MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-
SAMPSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CAMP MACKALL, HILLSBOROUGH, WILSON, ASHEBORO,
ROCKINGHAM, DUNN, ROSEBORO, PINEHURST, SMITHFIELD, TROY, ELLERBE,
SILER CITY, CARRBORO, DURHAM, CARY, APEX, CHAPEL HILL, CLINTON,
ERWIN, PITTSBORO, KNIGHTDALE, SELMA, RALEIGH, ARCHDALE, GOLDSBORO,
ROUGEMONT, SPRING LAKE, BURLINGTON, SANFORD, ABERDEEN, WAGRAM, HOPE
MILLS, CARTHAGE, WAKE FOREST, SOUTHERN PINES, BUIES CREEK, ANGIER,
MEBANE, LAURINBURG, LILLINGTON, FAYETTEVILLE, RAEFORD, CLAYTON,
ALBEMARLE, AND GRAHAM
1055 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, ALAMANCE, CHATHAM, CUMBERLAND, DURHAM, HARNETT,
HOKE, JOHNSTON, LEE, MONTGOMERY, MOORE, ORANGE, RANDOLPH, RICHMOND,
SAMPSON, SCOTLAND, STANLY, WAKE, WAYNE AND WILSON.
* WHEN...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND POSSIBLY INTO TONIGHT AND EARLY
SATURDAY. A STALLED FRONT OVER THE REGION WILL COMBINE WITH
ANOMALOUSLY MOIST CONDITIONS AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR, SUPPORTING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES PER
HOUR. THESE RATES WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 2 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY.
- 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.
GREEN
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