Central NC First Alert Doppler Radar
- Flood Warning
...The National Weather Service in Raleigh NC has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in North Carolina... Haw River Near Bynum affecting Chatham County. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Haw River near Bynum. * WHEN...Until early Friday morning. * IMPACTS...At 11.0 feet, Minor flooding begins. The river widens up to 400 feet across. It floods pastureland on the right bank and woodlands on the left. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 4:31 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 10.7 feet. - Bankfull stage is 10.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this morning to a crest of 11.6 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage this evening. - Flood stage is 11.0 feet. - Flood History...No available flood history. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/floodMore
- Flood Watch
* 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/floodMore