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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2008, 2:29 PM EDT for Granville County, Person County, North Carolina. It was in force for 61 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
- May 20, 2008, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2008, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Granville County, NC, Person County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
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 May 20, 10:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 10:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 20, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance, Warren | 65 min |
| May 20, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Warren | 48 min |
| May 20, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 31 min |
| May 20, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 37 min |
| May 20, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange, Person | 56 min |
| May 20, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 30 min |
| May 20, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 37 min |
| May 20, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 62 min |
| May 20, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange | 46 min |
| May 20, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 25 min |
| May 20, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash | 64 min |
| May 20, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 58 min |
| May 20, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 40 min |
| May 20, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 48 min |
| May 20, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Randolph | 30 min |
| May 20, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 30 min |
| May 20, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson | 39 min |
| May 20, 5:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 30 min |
| May 20, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Guilford, Orange and 1 more | 47 min |
| May 20, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 42 min |
| May 20, 5:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 33 min |
| May 20, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 41 min |
| May 20, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 36 min |
| May 20, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Randolph | 45 min |
| May 20, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 36 min |
| May 20, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 64 min |
| May 20, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 41 min |
| May 20, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 29 min |
| May 20, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 43 min |
| May 20, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 42 min |
| May 20, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 43 min |
| May 20, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 32 min |
| May 20, 6:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Moore | 63 min |
| May 20, 7:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 26 min |
| May 20, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 35 min |
| May 20, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 42 min |
| May 20, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 41 min |
Nearby
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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.