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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-
/O.NEW.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 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.

&&

$$

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-
/O.NEW.KMHX.FA.A.0003.260821T1500Z-260822T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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.

&&

$$

Martin

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