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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 5, 2009Johnston County, Nash County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2009, 5:22 PM EDT for Johnston County, Nash County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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 5, 2009, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2009, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Johnston County, NC, Nash County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

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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 May 4, 6:50 PM EDT, 22 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 6:50 PM EDT, 22 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 7:46 PM EDT, 21 hours 36 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	50 min
May 5, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne	39 min
May 5, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	25 min
May 5, 3:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Wayne	36 min
May 5, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Nash, Wilson	41 min
May 5, 4:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston, Nash, Wilson	48 min
May 5, 4:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	18 min
May 5, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Wake	39 min
May 5, 5:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston, Nash, Wilson	47 min
May 5, 5:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Wake	49 min
May 5, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Stanly	41 min
May 5, 6:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	26 min
May 5, 6:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Wake	46 min
May 5, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Moore, Stanly	44 min
May 5, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Stanly	52 min
May 5, 6:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	111 min
May 5, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Wake	12 min
May 5, 7:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Franklin, Wake	26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2009 Every 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.