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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 20, 20085 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2008, 4:42 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2008, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Alamance County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Durham County, NC, Orange County, NC, Wake County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 4:23 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 4:26 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 4:27 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 4:32 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 4:33 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
433 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

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

0430 PM     HAIL             4 SSW SNOW CAMP         35.81N 79.44W
05/20/2008  E1.00 INCH       CHATHAM            NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT NEAR
            CRUTCHFIELD CROSSROADS.

&&

BSD

Local storm report, May 20, 4:38 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
438 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

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

0432 PM     HAIL             4 S SNOW CAMP           35.81N 79.43W
05/20/2008  E1.75 INCH       CHATHAM            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS REPORTED NEAR SILK
            LIBERTY RD AND CLYDE UNDERWOOD RD.

&&

BSD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Person	61 min
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, 4:45 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

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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.