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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 11, 2009Davidson County, Forsyth County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2009, 5:19 PM EDT for Davidson County, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was in force for 56 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
Jun 11, 2009, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2009, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Davidson County, NC, Forsyth County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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 Jun 11, 2:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
209 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009

NCZ007-008-111945-
GRANVILLE-PERSON-
209 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS GRANVILLE AND PERSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...

AT 209 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 18 MILES
WEST OF CONCORD...OR ABOUT OVER YANCEYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CONCORD...ROXBORO...BETHEL
HILL...OAK HILL...STOVALL.

GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

BLAES
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
241 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009

NCZ007-008-112015-
GRANVILLE-PERSON-
241 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS GRANVILLE AND PERSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 240 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST
WEST OF ROXBORO AND BUSHY FORK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ROXBORO...BETHEL HILL...OAK
HILL...STOVALL THROUGH 400 PM.

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

BLAES
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:43 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:52 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson43 min
Jun 11, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly51 min
Jun 11, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Randolph57 min
Jun 11, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery, Moore, Richmond46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.