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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 325, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 15, 2006Warren County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2006, 8:13 PM EDT for Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2006, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2006, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, NC

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 15, 7:48 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 7:48 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 9:34 AM EDT, 10 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
934 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-161345-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-
WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-
ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
934 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...VERY INTENSE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. THE
BEST TIME FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM 1 PM THROUGH 10 PM.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL POSE A THREAT OF FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS...URBAN AREAS AND ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. STORMS
WILL MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IN ADDITION TO THUNDERSTORMS...HEAT INDEX VALES WILL HOVER AROUND
100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD POSE A THREAT TO THOSE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO HOT WEATHER INCLUDING CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NEAR RECORD HEAT IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. IF FORECAST TRENDS AND PROJECTIONS DO NOT CHANGE...HEAT
ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED MID WEEK. THE HOT WEATHER PATTERN WILL
ALSO BE CONDUCIVE TO POOR AIR QUALITY FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

VINCENT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
429 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006

NCZ041-042-152130-
JOHNSTON-WAKE-
429 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN WAKE COUNTY AND
JOHNSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

AT 429 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLLY SPRINGS TO 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF COATS CROSSROADS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...CLAYTON...COATS
CROSSROADS...FOUR OAKS...AND SMITHFIELD.

THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 30
TO 40 MPH. THESE GUSTY WINDS COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREE
LIMBS. OCCASIONAL...BUT DEADLY...CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO
BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

MWS
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
441 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006

NCZ021-022-152145-
FORSYTH-GUILFORD-
441 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS FORSYTH AND GUILFORD
COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 441 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 14 MILES
NORTH OF RURAL HALL...OR ABOUT OVER FRANCISCO...MOVING SOUTH AT 15
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...RURAL HALL...
STANLEYVILLE...PFAFFTOWN.

GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SOME
DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHT OBJECTS SUCH
AS TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND AWNINGS COULD BE
TOSSED AROUND.

VINCENT
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
442 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006

NCZ042-078-152145-
JOHNSTON-WAYNE-
442 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN JOHNSTON
COUNTY AND WAYNE COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 442 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
KENLY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SMITHFIELD...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... NAHUNTA...
FREMONT... AND PIKEVILLE.

GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
THESE GUSTY WINDS COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS.

MWS
Local storm report, Jul 15, 4:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
445 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0435 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EAST ROCKINGHAM         34.91N 79.77W
07/15/2006                   RICHMOND           NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN

&&

DJF
Local storm report, Jul 15, 5:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRichmond29 min
Jul 15, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.