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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Sep 21, 2011, 1:51 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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
- Sep 21, 2011, 1:51 PM EDT (17:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2011, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
Counties Forsyth County, NC, Guilford County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
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</html>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 Sep 21, 11:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 11:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 4:46 AM EDT, 9 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 446 AM EDT WED SEP 21 2011 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-221015- 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- 446 AM EDT WED SEP 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AN INCREASINGLY WET PERIOD IS EXPECTED THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT... CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MORE LIKELY TOWARD INTERSTATE 95 AND THE COASTAL PLAIN. ALTHOUGH FLOODING IS NOT CURRENTLY A CONCERN...IT MAY BECOME MORE OF A POSSIBILITY IF THE GROUND GETS SATURATED AND HEAVY RAIN OCCURS...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN A COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE REGION...AND AGAIN SUNDAY WITH DEEP MOISTURE COMBINED WITH THE FRONT LINGERING NEAR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. DJF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 7:57 AM EDT, 5 hours 54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 58 min |
| Sep 21, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 58 min |
| Sep 21, 6:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Orange | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Lee | 62 min |
| Sep 21, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Lee | 59 min |
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Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
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.