Flood Watch

Flood Watch
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1055 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026

NCZ023>025-039>043-073>078-084>086-088-089-220100-
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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 Camp Mackall, Hillsborough, Wilson, Asheboro,
Rockingham, Dunn, Roseboro, Pinehurst, Smithfield, Troy, Ellerbe,
Siler City, Carrboro, Durham, Cary, Apex, Chapel Hill, Clinton,
Erwin, Pittsboro, Knightdale, Selma, Raleigh, Archdale, Goldsboro,
Rougemont, Spring Lake, Burlington, Sanford, Aberdeen, Wagram, Hope
Mills, Carthage, Wake Forest, Southern Pines, Buies Creek, Angier,
Mebane, Laurinburg, Lillington, Fayetteville, Raeford, Clayton,
Albemarle, and Graham
1055 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
  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...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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