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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 8, 2010Johnston County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2010, 4:27 PM EDT for Johnston County, Wilson 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

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The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2010, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2010, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Johnston 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 Jul 8, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 3:39 AM EDT, 12 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
339 AM EDT THU JUL 8 2010

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-090745-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-
RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
339 AM EDT THU JUL 8 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER THIS
AFTERNOON... HIGHS WILL STILL REACH WELL INTO THE 90S. HEAT
INDICES WILL BE AROUND 100 FROM FAYETTEVILLE AND RALEIGH EAST
THROUGH THE COASTAL PLAIN.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED DURING THE MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING
FROM ROXBORO TO RALEIGH TO FAYETTEVILLE. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO
THE EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50
MPH. IN ADDITION... HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 104 WILL BE COMMON
DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS OUR REGION SATURDAY.
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY IN THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE... MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE
FROM DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

PWB/DJF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
236 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2010

NCZ040-075>077-088-081930-
CHATHAM-CUMBERLAND-HARNETT-LEE-MOORE-
236 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS CHATHAM...LEE...HARNETT...
MOORE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 235 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SEMINOLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LILLINGTON...
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SEMINOLE...
BROADWAY...OLIVIA...PINEVIEW.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HALF INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARLY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3532 7929 3560 7900 3560 7898 3552 7880
      3512 7897
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 029DEG 21KT 3548 7895

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
238 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2010

NCZ007-081945-
PERSON-
238 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PERSON COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM
EDT...

AT 238 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST
AND NORTHWEST OF ROXBORO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BUSHY FORK.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HALF INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARLY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3626 7899 3626 7914 3652 7909 3651 7886
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 026DEG 8KT 3638 7905

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:54 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:19 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:19 PM EDT, 8 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
Jul 8, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	54 min
Jul 8, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	67 min
Jul 8, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	66 min
Jul 8, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Warren	46 min
Jul 8, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	38 min
Jul 8, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange	56 min
Jul 8, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston, Wake	57 min
Jul 8, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	46 min
Jul 8, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake	55 min
Jul 8, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	57 min
Jul 8, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	53 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.