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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Mar 6, 2011, 3:22 PM EST for Harnett County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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
- Mar 6, 2011, 3:22 PM EST (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2011, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Harnett County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Mar 6, 3:15 PM EST, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 3:15 PM EST, 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 315 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SLOWLY EAST THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. BEHIND THE FRONT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 200 PM SUNDAY... 18Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWED A FRONTAL ZONE EXTENDING FROM NEW ENGLAND SOUTH THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC AND CAROLINAS. A 1003 MB WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED ALONG THE FRONT IN VICINITY OF DANVILLE VA. ALOFT...LATEST WV IMAGERY SHOWED AN H5 SHORTWAVE IN VICINITY OF THE UPSTATE GA/SC BORDER. A DUAL JET CONFIGURATION WAS NOTED OVER THE SOUTHEAST/CAROLINAS AT H3...WITH THE LEFT EXIT AND RIGHT ENTRANCE REGIONS OVER THE CAROLINAS/MID-ATLANTIC. OVERVIEW: THE H5 SHORTWAVE WILL LIFT CONTINUE LIFTING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS INTO VA BY 00Z THIS EVENING. THE ASSOCIATED SFC LOW IN UPSTATE SC WILL RAPIDLY LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN DELMARVA/NJ BY 00Z THIS EVENING...WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE OCCURRING IN CENTRAL NC BETWEEN 18Z THIS AFTERNOON AND 00Z THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT...EXPECT RAPID CLEARING (BETWEEN 00-06Z) IN ASSOC/W LOW LEVEL COLD ADVECTION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. ALOFT... AN H5 SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY IN VICINITY OF THE CENTRAL MS RIVER VALLEY WILL AMPLIFY AND CROSS CENTRAL NC OVERNIGHT...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SOME THIN UPPER LEVEL CLOUD COVER IN THE 06-12Z TIME FRAME. TEMPERATURES: OVERNIGHT...LOWS WILL BE DICTATED PRIMARILY BY STRONG COLD ADVECTION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT LATE THIS AFT/EVE. FCST SOUNDINGS SHOW THE TRIAD IN THE UPPER 30S BY OR SHORTLY AFTER 00Z...RDU BY 03Z...AND FAY/RWI BY 06Z. EXPECT TEMPS TO SLOWLY DROP AFTER 06Z (AFTER THE INITIAL SURGE OF COLD ADVECTION)...WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S...OR 32-36F. PRECIPITATION CHANCES/AMOUNTS: GIVEN STRONG LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL ZONE AND SFC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...60-90 METER H5 HEIGHT FALLS ASSOC/W THE APPROACHING SHORTWAVE AND A DUAL JET CONFIGURATION OVER THE CAROLINAS/MID-ATLANTIC...WILL CONTINUE THE PREVIOUS FCST OF 100% POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH ~21Z. PRECIP WILL SHIFT EASTWARD WITH THE COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...ENDING IN THE TRIAD BY ~21Z...TRIANGLE BY ~00Z AND THE COASTAL PLAIN BY ~01Z. EXPECT WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. SEVERE THREAT: THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER CONTINUES TO PLACE EASTERN NC IN A 'SEE TEXT' WITH 2% TOR AND 5% WIND PROBABILITIES. AS IS TYPICAL THIS TIME OF YEAR...THE PRIMARY LIMITING FACTOR FOR SEVERE WEATHER THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WILL BE INSTABILITY. THE OVERALL FORCING ASSOC/W THIS SYSTEM IS RESPECTABLE (SEE ABOVE)...AND SHEAR PARAMETERS ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED/ROTATING STORMS...40-50 KT EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR AND 200-400 M2/S2 OF 0-1KM SRH. 12Z NAM FCST SOUNDINGS SHOWED 250-500 J/KG OF SBCAPE IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA THIS AFT/EVE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...DUE TO BOUNDARY LAYER THETA-E ADVECTION (IN ASSOC/W A STRONG SOUTHERLY LLJ AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT) AND MID/UPPER LEVEL COOLING ASSOC/W THE APPROACHING H5 SHORTWAVE. LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS CONFIRMS THAT THIS IS CLOSE TO REALITY...WITH 250-500 J/KG SBCAPE ALONG/EAST OF I-95 AND IN SC AHEAD OF THE FRONT. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT NO LIGHTNING ACTIVITY HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH ANY PRECIPITATION IN OR UPSTREAM OF CENTRAL NC IN THE PAST 12-18 HRS. AS OF 18Z...IT APPEARS THAT THE THREAT FOR AN ISOLD TORNADO IS DIMINISHING AS THE SFC LOW MOVES NORTH INTO VA AND LOW LEVEL FLOW BEGINS VEERING TO THE SOUTH AND SW. HOWEVER... GIVEN RECENT DESTABILIZATION IN SC...AND A TREND OF STRENGTHENING CONVECTIVE CORES ALONG THE COLD FRONT IN CENTRAL SC...A LOW END THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFT/EVE. -VINCENT && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 315 PM SUNDAY... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AND CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA INTO WEDNESDAY. A RELATIVELY WEAK MID-LEVEL TROUGH MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EARLY MONDAY...WITH ANOTHER TO FOLLOW IN THE WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT MONDAY NIGHT. AS THESE TROUGHS PASS THROUGH...A 100-110KT 250MB JET LIFTS GRADUALLY NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...WHICH COULD HELP TO SUPPORT SOME MID- AND UPPER-LEVEL CLOUDS AS BOTH THE NAM AND THE GFS PROVIDE FOR DECENT UPPER-LEVEL MOISTURE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE SHOULD BE LITTLE OR NO THREAT OF PRECIPITATION UNDER SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AT OR BELOW A HALF-INCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY...IN A GENERAL 850MB THETA-E TROUGH ACCOMPANIED BY 850MB SUBSIDENCE AND STABLE BUFR SOUNDINGS. PRIMARY CONCERNS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL BE CLOUDS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON TEMPERATURE. 1000-850MB THICKNESSES FOR MONDAY WOULD ONLY SUGGEST LOWER TO MID 50S BUT WITH MODEST MIXING AND A DRY AIR MASS WITH DECENT SUN EXPECTED...WILL FORECAST HIGHS CLOSE TO GUIDANCE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. MAV AND MET MOS GUIDANCE DIVERGENCE FOR TUESDAY AND THE DEGREE OF HIGH CLOUDS OR AT LEAST THEIR OPAQUENESS IS SOMEWHAT IN QUESTION EAST OF THE MID-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS AND WITH THE JET CONTINUING TO LIFT NORTH. BETTER POTENTIAL FOR PERIODS OF OPAQUE HIGHER CLOUDS LIKELY TOWARD THE VIRGINIA BORDER AND WILL FORECAST HIGHS TUESDAY IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S ALONG AND BASICALLY NORTH OF U.S. 64...IN THE LOWER 60S IN THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT...SANDHILLS... AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. OVERNIGHT LOWS MONDAY NIGHT FROM 30 TO 35 SHOULD WARM TO A RANGE MAINLY FROM 35 TO 40 AS BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SUGGEST AN EASTERLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW SHOULD ADVECT IN ENOUGH BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE TO SUPPORT LOW CLOUDS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... UNDERNEATH ANY HIGH CLOUDS AS THE MID-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS MOVES EAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. GOOD 850MB THETA-E ADVECTION TAKES PLACE WEDNESDAY WITH INCREASING UPPER DIFFLUENCE WEST OF THE DEPARTING RIDGE AXIS ALOFT. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES INCREASE QUICKLY TO NEAR 1.2 INCHES IN THE WESTERN PIEDMONT BY 00Z THURSDAY AS 925MB WINDS IN THAT AREA INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO 30 TO 35KT. AS THE OVERALL AIR MASS MOISTENS...BROAD LIFT INCREASES AS A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVES INTO THE WESTERN PIEDMONT LATE IN THE DAY. BOTH THE NAM AND THE GFS PROVIDE FOR MEASURABLE RAIN IN THE FAR WESTERN PIEDMONT BY 00Z THURSDAY...AND EVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT PRECIPITATION TOWARD U.S. 1 BY SUNSET WEDNESDAY. FOR THIS FORECAST...WILL INCREASE THE SPEED OF THE ONSET OF HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS TOWARD THE YADKIN RIVER FOR LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BASED ON THE ABOVE METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS...A TREND UPWARD ON MEX MOS GUIDANCE...AND QPF ON THE 12Z NAM...GFS...AND ECMWF MODELS. UNDER CLOUDS AND APPROACHING PRECIPITATION...HIGHS MAY STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE LOWER 50S IN THE TRIAD...RISING TO AROUND 60 TO THE LOWER 60S MUCH OF THE SANDHILLS AND THE COASTAL PLAIN. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 315 PM SUNDAY... FRONTAL ZONE CONTINUES TO BE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...AND ITS SLOW MOTION AND INCREASING MOISTURE...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES CURRENTLY FORECAST TO RISE TO 1.25 TO 1.5 INCHES ON THE GFS BY 12Z THURSDAY...SHOULD RESULT IN AT LEAST NUMEROUS SHOWERS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA BY THURSDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT MOVES SLOWLY FROM WEST TO EAST. COMPLICATING THIS FORECAST WILL BE THE PRESENCE OF A SURFACE LOW...WHICH ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE LONG-TERM GUIDANCE SHOWS DEVELOPING TOWARD THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FRONT AND MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. THE GFS HAS BETTER INSTABILITY THAN THE ECMWF...TO -3C ON LIFTED INDICES THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW OF THE ECMWF IS STRONGER AND MORE BACKED...WITH THE MID-TROUGH MORE NEGATIVELY TILTED. THERE IS ENOUGH ELEVATED INSTABILITY ON GFS BUFR SOUNDINGS WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO SUPPORT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER IN THE WESTERN PIEDMONT...BUT THE BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDER SHOULD COME THURSDAY AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND THE SURFACE WAVE MOVES THROUGH. SHOULD THE CONSENSUS OF THE GUIDANCE VERIFY...THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...THOUGH PRIMARILY AN URBAN CONCERN...ALONG WITH A THREAT OF AT LEAST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENTLY PLAN TO NOTE VERY BRIEFLY IN THE HWO THESE THREATS. FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT AND THE MID-LEVEL TROUGH FROM LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY...MODEST RIDGING ALOFT BUILDS INTO THE REGION. ANOTHER MID-LEVEL TROUGH LIKELY TO STAY JUST NORTH OF THE CAROLINAS SHOULD HELP...WITH THE SUBSIDENCE BEHIND IT...TO PUSH A DRY COLD FRONT THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY GIVEN CURRENT LONG-TERM GUIDANCE TIMING. WITH THE TROUGH FORECAST EVEN BY THE STRONGEST GUIDANCE TO STAY JUST TO OUR NORTH...AND SURFACE RIDGING EXTENDING ACROSS THE GULF...MOISTURE SHOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN THIS FAR NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE GFS OUT THAT FAR SHOWS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ONLY RISING JUST ABOVE A HALF-INCH AT BEST BY THE END OF THE DAY SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE WITHIN A COUPLE OF CATEGORIES OF NORMAL EACH PERIOD...COOLEST FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT BEHIND THE FIRST...STRONGER COLD FRONT...WARMEST AHEAD OF THE FRONTS THURSDAY ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN AND AGAIN SATURDAY. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 200 PM SUNDAY... 24-HR TAF PERIOD: MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SHOWERS ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 18-00Z AND CEILINGS SCATTERING OUT AND LIFTING TO VFR BY 00-06Z FROM WEST TO EAST (MVFR CEILINGS COULD LINGER A LITTLE PAST 06Z AT THE FAY/RWI TAF SITES). SOUTHERLY/SW WINDS AT 10-15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20-25 KT WILL RAPIDLY VEER TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15-20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25-30 KT FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS AFT/EVE. EXPECT CLEAR SKIES WITH WINDS WEAKENING TO ~10 KT AFTER 06Z TONIGHT. SFC WINDS WILL VEER TO THE NORTH AND THEN NORTHEAST AT 10-15 KT ON MON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST...WEAKENING TO 5-10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. LOOKING AHEAD: VFR CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT/VARIABLE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH TUE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVERHEAD. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT OFFSHORE TUE NIGHT...SETTING UP A SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW...AND ALLOWING FOR MVFR/IFR (AND PERHAPS LIFR) CEILINGS EVERYWHERE BY 06-12Z WED. SUB-VFR CEILINGS SHOULD MIX OUT AND BECOME VFR WITH DIURNAL HEATING/MIXING BY WED AFTERNOON. EXPECT MVFR/IFR AND PERHAPS LIFR CEILINGS TO RETURN AGAIN WED NIGHT IN ASSOC/W WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ADVERSE AVIATION CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY THU IN ASSOC/W A WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA. VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THU NIGHT/FRI. -VINCENT && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...VINCENT NEAR TERM...VINCENT SHORT TERM...DJF LONG TERM...DJF AVIATION...VINCENT
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 4:07 AM EST, 11 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 407 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-070930- 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- 407 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. DUE TO STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE...THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END BY 3 PM IN THE WEST...AND 7 PM IN THE EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH OR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 11:08 AM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1108 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
NCZ042-078-089-061700-
JOHNSTON-SAMPSON-WAYNE-
1108 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
...A HEAVY SHOWER WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS JOHNSTON...WAYNE
AND SAMPSON COUNTIES THROUGH NOON EST...
AT 1106 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY SHOWER WITH GUSTY
WINDS OVER ROSEBORO...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CLINTON...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CLINTON...HOBBTON...
NEWTON GROVE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.
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 3487 7851 3491 7854 3494 7858 3548 7838
3541 7808 3483 7839
TIME...MOT...LOC 1606Z 200DEG 30KT 3495 7846
MWSSpecial weather statement, Mar 6, 12:53 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1253 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 NCZ026-041-042-061830- FRANKLIN-JOHNSTON-WAKE- 1253 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...A HEAVY SHOWER WITH STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS FRANKLIN...WAKE AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EST... AT 1252 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY SHOWER WITH STRONG WINDS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMITHFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...KNIGHTDALE... WENDELL...AND...LINWOOD...PILOT...BUNN...LOUISBURG. HAZARDS INCLUDE... GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. 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 3615 7805 3552 7843 3559 7863 3623 7833 TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 203DEG 46KT 3565 7848 MWS
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 1:38 PM EST, 1 hour 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 11:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 52 min |
| Mar 6, 11:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 11:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 12:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 37 min |
| Mar 6, 1:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 19 min |
| Mar 6, 1:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Scotland | 67 min |
| Mar 6, 2:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange, Person | 52 min |
| Mar 6, 2:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 3:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 55 min |
| Mar 6, 3:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore and 2 more | 83 min |
| Mar 6, 4:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 52 min |
| Mar 6, 4:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance | 59 min |
| Mar 6, 4:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 5:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 29 min |
| Mar 6, 5:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Warren and 1 more | 64 min |
| Mar 6, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Warren | 50 min |
| Mar 6, 5:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 5:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 46 min |
| Mar 6, 6:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wayne, Wilson | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 6:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 58 min |
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