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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Sep 21, 2011, 7:31 PM EDT for Lee County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 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, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Lee County, NC
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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 Sep 21, 2:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 2:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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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, 1:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 547 PM EDT WED SEP 21 2011 NCZ008-024-025-040-041-212245- CHATHAM-DURHAM-GRANVILLE-ORANGE-WAKE- 547 PM EDT WED SEP 21 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ORANGE... NORTHWEST WAKE... SOUTHERN GRANVILLE... AND CENTRAL DURHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT... AT 546 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CHAPEL HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PARKWOOD...DURHAM... AND...BETHESDA...GORMAN...BUTNER. HAZARDS INCLUDE... PEA SIZE HAIL. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY 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 3619 7878 3598 7858 3574 7904 3589 7918 TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 223DEG 22KT 3589 7901 BADGETT
Local storm report, Sep 21, 6:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
617 PM EDT WED SEP 21 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0613 PM FLOOD 1 E CARRBORO 35.91N 79.06W
09/21/2011 ORANGE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED ABOUT A FOOT OF WATER ON WEST FRANKLIN
AND MALLETTE STREETS IN CHAPEL HILL
&&
EVENT NUMBER RAH1101446
ELLISSpecial weather statement, Sep 21, 6:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
628 PM EDT WED SEP 21 2011
NCZ040-075-076-212330-
CHATHAM-LEE-MOORE-
628 PM EDT WED SEP 21 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST MOORE...
NORTHERN LEE AND SOUTHEAST CHATHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...
AT 627 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES
SOUTH OF HARPERS CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF CARTHAGE...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GOLDSTON...CUMNOCK...
AND...GUM SPRINGS...SANFORD...MONCURE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY 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 3555 7955 3574 7895 3561 7899 3558 7892
3545 7904 3538 7949
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 254DEG 20KT 3549 7941
BADGETTSpecial weather statement, Sep 21, 7:31 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
731 PM EDT WED SEP 21 2011
NCZ040-041-076-220030-
CHATHAM-LEE-WAKE-
731 PM EDT WED SEP 21 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WAKE...LEE AND CHATHAM
COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT...
AT 731 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MONCURE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANFORD...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MONCURE...NEW HILL...
HOLLY SPRINGS...AND...APEX.
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 NEARBY 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.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
&&
LAT...LON 3585 7879 3567 7870 3559 7891 3547 7902
3544 7918 3561 7931 3585 7901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 252DEG 18KT 3557 7911
ELLISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 54 min |
| 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 |
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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.