WGUS42 KRAH 280848
FLWRAH

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
448 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...

  Haw River Near Bynum affecting Chatham County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/rah/rivers.

The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 500 PM EDT.

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NCC037-282100-
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/BYNN7.1.ER.240328T1034Z.240328T1800Z.240329T0000Z.NO/
448 AM EDT Thu Mar 28 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING...

* 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/flood

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         Fld   Observed           Forecasts (2 am EDT)     
Location Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Fri   Sat   Sun   Mon    

Haw River
Bynum    11.0  10.7  Thu 4 am EDT 10.4  7.8   6.5   5.9    


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LAT...LON 3590 7918 3582 7911 3576 7905 3569 7916
      3585 7930


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