Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 312, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2009, 12:08 PM EDT for Granville County, Person County, 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
- Aug 22, 2009, 12:08 PM EDT (16:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2009, 12:56 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 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 16:08 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 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 Aug 22, 10:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 10:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 10:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1000 AM EDT SAT AUG 22 2009 NCZ022-039-221500- GUILFORD-RANDOLPH- 1000 AM EDT SAT AUG 22 2009 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL MOVE ACROSS GUILFORD AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 AM EDT... AT 958 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HIGH POINT TO 11 MILES WEST OF ASHEBORO TO 13 MILES NORTH OF ALBEMARLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...ARCHDALE...NEW HOPE...MARTHA...GREENSBORO...SEAGROVE...RANDLEMAN...CLIMAX... AND RAMSEUR. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH AROUND ONE INCH OF RAIN DURING THE NEXT HOUR... AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MWS
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 10:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1120 AM EDT SAT AUG 22 2009 NCZ024-221615- ORANGE- 1120 AM EDT SAT AUG 22 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY THROUGH 1215 PM EDT... AT 1119 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF CARR TO EFLAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JERICHO TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILLSBOROUGH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...EFLAND...CHAPEL HILL...HILLSBOROUGH...AND...CARR...SCHLEY. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN UP TO AN INCH 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. RTE
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 11:56 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1156 AM EDT SAT AUG 22 2009 NCZ007>009-024>026-041-221700- DURHAM-FRANKLIN-GRANVILLE-ORANGE-PERSON-VANCE-WAKE- 1156 AM EDT SAT AUG 22 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS GRANVILLE...PERSON... VANCE...FRANKLIN...ORANGE...DURHAM AND WAKE COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM EDT... AT 1154 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM YANCEYVILLE TO SCHLEY TO CHAPEL HILL TO FEARRINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ROUGEMONT... DURHAM... GORMAN... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK... AND BUTNER. 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. VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH DURING THE NEXT HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. MWS
Local storm report, Aug 22, 12:01 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 22, 11:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 81 min |
| Aug 22, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 19 min |
| Aug 22, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 42 min |
| Aug 22, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 38 min |
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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.