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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 5, 200731 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this freeze watch at Apr 5, 2007, 3:20 PM EDT for 31 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 7, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2007, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2007, 8:48 AM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
All 31 counties

Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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 freeze watch 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 freeze watch went out at Apr 5, 1:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 1:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 10:18 AM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 9:17 AM EDTRed Flag WarningRAHAlamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more11 hr
Apr 5, 11:05 AM EDTFreeze WarningRAHAlamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more22 hr
Apr 5, 2:38 PM EDTFire Weather WatchRAHAlamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more69 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in North Carolina, 2007Every freeze watch 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.