Flood Watch
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
213 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026
NCZ023>025-039>043-073>078-084>086-088-089-211800-
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Alamance-Orange-Durham-Randolph-Chatham-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Stanly-
Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-
Sampson-
Including the cities of Graham, Rougemont, Chapel Hill, Wake Forest,
Sanford, Spring Lake, Burlington, Asheboro, Pinehurst, Dunn,
Hillsborough, Knightdale, Smithfield, Clinton, Camp Mackall, Troy,
Rockingham, Clayton, Aberdeen, Ellerbe, Cary, Carthage, Durham,
Albemarle, Wilson, Goldsboro, Fayetteville, Apex, Roseboro, Wagram,
Hope Mills, Carrboro, Raeford, Siler City, Erwin, Laurinburg,
Southern Pines, Angier, Archdale, Lillington, Pittsboro, Selma, Buies
Creek, Raleigh, and Mebane
213 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is 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...From 11 AM EDT this morning 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.
&&
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PWB
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
154 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026
NCZ044-079-080-090>092-094-193-194-198-212100-
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Pitt-Greene-Beaufort-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-Inland Onslow-
Including the cities of Half Moon, Warsaw, River Bend, Ernul,
Kenansville, Washington, Vandemere, Greenville, Richlands, Cove City,
Oriental, Hookerton, Walstonburg, Vanceboro, Chocowinity, Aurora,
Belhaven, Beulaville, Trenton, Maysville, Grimesland, La Grange,
Pollocksville, Fairfield Harbor, Bath, Dover, Faison, Jacksonville,
Arapahoe, Grifton, Bayboro, Wallace, Farmville, Kinston, Snow Hill,
Bethel, New Bern, Havelock, and Pink Hill
154 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...A portion of eastern North Carolina, including the
following areas, Beaufort, Duplin, Greene, Inland Onslow, Jones,
Lenoir, Northern Craven, Pamlico, Pitt and Southern Craven.
* WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through Saturday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- A stalled front will interact with an anomalously moist and
strongly unstable airmass, supporting areas of intense rainfall
rates as high as 2-3"/hr. These rates will support a risk of
flooding and flash flooding, especially in low-lying and poor
drainage areas. Rainfall totals of 2-5" will be possible within
the watch area.
- 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.
&&
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Martin
