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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Raleigh, NC

January 8, 201131 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this winter storm watch at Jan 8, 2011, 8:02 PM EST for 31 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 10, 2011, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2011, 8:02 PM EST (01:02 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 10, 2011, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 9, 2011, 3:13 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

All 31 counties

Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 8, 7:11 PM EST, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 7:11 PM EST, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 3:33 PM EST, 4 hours 29 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
Jan 9, 3:13 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 16 more	44 hr
Jan 9, 3:13 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more	68 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in North Carolina, 2011 Every winter storm watch 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.