Flood Advisory
NWS Raleigh NC ยท US
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Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 7 PM EDT This Evening
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Central Forsyth County in central North Carolina...
When
Until 700 PM EDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 357 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Winston-Salem, Pfafftown and Stanleyville. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Forsyth County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Raleigh NC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~42s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V1H7AMEWDXZ6KNV7ADJAAE
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.dca8efbe86751536a84780c37d0e054e2128c005.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Raleigh NC
- AWIPS ID
- CAPRAH
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3118
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSRAH |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS82 KRAH 181957 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRAH.FA.Y.0145.260918T1957Z-260918T2300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T19:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Forsyth County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037067 |
| UGC | NCC067 |
- Polygons
- 36.2,-80.35 36.03,-80.34 36.04,-80.17 36.22,-80.18 36.2,-80.35