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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 20, 2010Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2010, 1:21 PM EDT for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2010, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2010, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Sampson County, NC

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 20, 11:36 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 11:36 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 5:03 AM EDT, 8 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
121 PM EDT SUN JUN 20 2010

NCZ089-201745-
SAMPSON-
121 PM EDT SUN JUN 20 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY
THROUGH 145 PM EDT...

AT 118 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
GARLAND...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY
701 AND HIGHWAY 421 SOUTH OF CLINTON.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS
AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND
OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH THIS STORM ON HIGHWAY 701 AND
HIGHWAY 421 SOUTH OF CLINTON.

&&

LAT...LON 3476 7841 3481 7846 3495 7842 3492 7814
      3489 7814 3474 7819 3473 7816 3470 7817
TIME...MOT...LOC 1718Z 282DEG 7KT 3484 7834

VINCENT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	43 min
Jun 20, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	93 min
Jun 20, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	59 min
Jun 20, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	53 min
Jun 20, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	63 min

Nearby

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Sources

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