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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 7, 200716 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 7, 2007, 3:16 PM EDT for 16 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Aug 8, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2007, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 8, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 8, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Anson County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Wake County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Aug 7, 2:40 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 2:40 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 3:55 AM EDT, 11 hours 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 3:16 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchRAHAnson, Cumberland, Edgecombe, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke and 10 more25 hr
Aug 7, 3:16 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin and 9 more28 hr
Aug 7, 4:32 PM EDTAir Stagnation AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin and 8 more28 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in North Carolina, 2007Every excessive heat warning in 2007

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.