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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 21, 2012, 7:57 PM EDT for Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2012, 7:57 PM EDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Warren County, NC
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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 Apr 21, 7:45 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 7:45 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 745 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST AND DRIFT ACROSS OUR AREA TONIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 320 PM SATURDAY... A WEAK MID LEVEL VORTICITY MAX HAS TRIGGERED A FEW SHOWERS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 1/401 CORRIDOR FROM SANFORD-RALEIGH TO NEAR WARRENTON. UPWARDS TO A HALF INCH OF RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS THAT LAST 10-20 MINUTES. AWAY FROM THE ISOLATED SHOWERS...PARTIAL SUNSHINE AND INCREASING SW FLOW HAS WARMED TEMPS WELL INTO THE 70S WITH A FEW LOWER 80S IN THE FAR SOUTH-SE. A S/W CROSSING THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIFT NE ACROSS NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT. SURFACE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS S/W WAS ENTERING THE NC MOUNTAINS AT 2 PM. AS THE S/W LIFTS NE TONIGHT...SURFACE FRONT WILL DRIFT INTO THEN ACROSS CENTRAL NC. FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH SLIGHT INSTABILITY IN THE WESTERN PIEDMONT ALONG WITH MODERATE SHEAR...ENOUGH TO ALLOW STORMS TO WEAKLY ORGANIZE INTO BROKEN BANDS WITH SOME SUSTAINABLE UPDRAFTS. LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AROUND 8 DEGREES C THIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH THIS SHOULD DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. EXPECT ISOLATED CONVECTION TO BECOME MORE CONCENTRATED TOWARD THE NW PIEDMONT-TRIAD REGION BY EARLY EVENING (22Z). THIS EVENING...SCATTERED-NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND T-STORMS WILL MAINLY OCCUR OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES THROUGH SUNSET THEN SPREAD/SLOWLY WEAKEN INTO THE SANDHILLS/EASTERN PIEDMONT. EXPECT TO SEE A MORE EXTENSIVE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW IN THE NE GULF LIFTS ENE THIS SYSTEM IN TANDEM WITH ANOTHER S/W DIVING SEWD ACROSS MO VALLEY WILL CAUSE A SURFACE WAVE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE NEARLY STALLED SURFACE FRONT OVER COASTAL GA/SC LATE TONIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY. THIS SURFACE FEATURE WILL ENHANCE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE SURFACE FRONT OVER EASTERN NC. LIFT ALOFT WILL INCREASE THANKS TO A 100+KT JET CROSSING NEW ENGLAND...AND A NOSE OF A 125+KT JET DIVING ACROSS THE MO VALLEY. WITH GOOD MOISTURE TRANSPORT THROUGH 12Z SUN...EXPECT WIDESPREAD MODERATE/BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 BETWEEN 06-12Z SUNDAY. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 315 PM... SURFACE LOW NEAR OR SOUTH OF ILM WILL LIFT NNE SUNDAY. DEEP CYCLONIC CONVERGENCE NEAR SURFACE-THROUGH MID LEVELS WILL MAINTAIN WIDESPREAD RAIN OVER MOST OF CENTRAL NC SUNDAY MORNING. AS 850-700MB CYCLONE DEVELOPS IN VICINITY OF NE NC/SE VA...FLOW THROUGH THE LOWEST 10K FT WILL BECOME NLY THEN NNW BY SUNDAY EVENING. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO A GRADUALLY DISSIPATION OF THE RAIN SHIELD FROM THE WSW IN THE AFTERNOON AS BEST CONVERGENCE SHIFTS NE INTO EASTERN VA. SINCE SURFACE LOW EXPECTED TO LIFT NWD ALONG THE COAST...EXPECT AXIS OF HEAVY RAIN TO SET-UP EAST OF OUR CWA. STILL...EXPECT RAINFALL TOTAL BETWEEN 1-1.5 INCHES IN THE EAST...TAPERING TO A HALF INCH WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR AN INCH IN THE WEST. WITH SURFACE LOW DEEPENING AS IT TRAVERSES NWD SUNDAY ALONG THE NC COAST...STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL NLY FLOW WILL ADVECT COOLER AIR INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THUS...TEMPS SUNDAY WILL EITHER HOLD STEADY OR GRADUALLY FALL THROUGH THE DAY. SUNDAY NIGHT...S/W CROSSING THE MO VALLEY INTO THE TN VALLEY EXPECTED TO CLOSE OFF IN VICINITY OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS SUNDAY NIGHT. STRONG CYCLONIC FLOW COUPLED WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE WILL MAINTAIN CLOUD SKIES AND ISOLATED-SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 64. BRISK NNE WIND AND LOW LEVEL CAA WILL RESULT IN MIN TEMPS LOW-MID 40S. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 255 PM... THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL DEEPEN AS THEY MOVE NORTH AND NORTHWEST FROM MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL CAUSE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO STRENGTHEN MAKING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING...SUSTAINED 15-20 KTS WITH GUSTS OF 25-30 KTS. OTHERWISE... EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S AND LOWS MONDAY NIGHT IN THE MID 30S TO NEAR 40 IN SOME SPOTS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS TUESDAY WITH WINDS JUST A TAD LIGHTER...SUSTAINED 10-15 KTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 KTS. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S AND LOWS IN THE MID 40S. ONCE THE UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE LOWS BECOME STACKED AND THE TROUGH BEGINS TO DEAMPLIFY...A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE INTO NC FROM THE NORTHWEST BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR MORE RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE MAIN TROUGH AXIS WILL BE ORIENTED FROM WSW TO ENE AND MOVE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS NC. THE 12Z GFS AND 00Z ECMWF ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE LOCATION OF THIS FEATURE...WITH SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN TIMING. THUS HAVE INCREASED PRECIP CHANCES FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE BEST CHANCES THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. EXPECT HIGHS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S FROM NE TO SW WITH LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED...LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN FOR FRIDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. HIGHS FRIDAY EXPECTED IN THE LOW 70S NORTH TO MID 70S SOUTH AND LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE LOW TO MID 50S. HIGHS SATURDAY IN THE UPPER 60S NE TO LOW 70S SW. && .AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 745 PM SATURDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE ONGOING ACROSS CENTRAL NC THIS EVENING...CURRENTLY MORE OF A THREAT TO KGSO AND KRDU. OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION...CEILINGS AND VSBYS ARE STILL VFR...BUT WILL LOWER OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT STALLS OVER WESTERN NC AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BEGINS TO LIFT FROM THE GULF COAST TO THE CAROLINA COAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL GIVE WAY TO WIDESPREAD RAINFALL...INCREASING IN COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. CEILINGS AND VSBYS WILL LOWER TO MVFR LEVELS AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND LIKELY IFR BY 09-12Z SUNDAY MORNING. OVERALL..CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE WORST OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND LIFR CEILINGS/VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT KRDU/KRWI/KFAY...WITH BEST CHANCES BETWEEN 10-18Z. WINDS WILL TURN FROM SOUTHEASTERLY THIS EVENING TO EAST-NORTHERLY OVERNIGHT AND THEN NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...INCREASING FROM LESS THAN 10KT THIS EVENING TO 10-15KT ON SUNDAY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE EAST...BUT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT TAF DUE TO LACK OF FORECAST CONFIDENCE. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY IMPROVE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND WINDS BECOME MORE NORTHWESTERLY WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO THE AREA. HOWEVER...AVIATION CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN POOR THROUGH THE CURRENT TAF PERIOD...OR 00Z MONDAY. OUTLOOK... A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC WILL CAUSE WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NC MONDAY. W-NW WINDS 15-20 MPH WILL FREQUENTLY GUSTS 30-35 MPH. THIS MAY CREATE SOME STRONG CROSSWINDS AT MOST TAF SITE (EXCLUDING KINT). WINDS WILL SUBSIDE A TAD TUESDAY WITH VFR CONDITIONS. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO LINGER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CSF/WSS NEAR TERM...WSS SHORT TERM...WSS LONG TERM...KC AVIATION...WSS/SMITH
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 5:56 AM EDT, 14 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 556 AM EDT SAT APR 21 2012 NCZ007>010-021>026-038>041-073>077-083>086-088-221000- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE- DURHAM-FRANKLIN-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY- MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- 556 AM EDT SAT APR 21 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EASTWARD ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. BEHIND A POWERFUL COASTAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...UNSEASONABLY CHILLY AIR WILL PLUNGE INTO CENTRAL NC AND RESULT IN TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE MIDDLE 30S TUESDAY MORNING. NCZ011-027-028-042-043-078-089-221000- HALIFAX-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-WAYNE-SAMPSON- 556 AM EDT SAT APR 21 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF A COLD FRONT AND A COASTAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAIN...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ACROSS THE EASTERN CAROLINAS LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY SUNDAY...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY BY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHICH MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING IN URBAN AND POOR-DRAINAGE AREAS. UNSEASONABLY CHILLY AIR WILL PLUNGE INTO CENTRAL NC BEHIND THE COASTAL LOW AND RESULT IN TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE MIDDLE 30S TUESDAY MORNING. MWS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 6:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
610 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012
NCZ074-083-084-212300-
ANSON-MONTGOMERY-RICHMOND-
610 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS RICHMOND...MONTGOMERY AND
ANSON COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...
AT 610 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES
NORTH OF LILESVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WADESBORO...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE COVINGTON...ELLERBE...
AND...PEKIN.
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.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM
YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.
&&
LAT...LON 3516 8010 3515 8007 3517 8005 3521 8007
3541 7992 3543 7975 3530 7971 3527 7971
3524 7967 3519 7965 3517 7961 3514 7959
3492 7999 3505 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 237DEG 14KT 3506 7999
ELLISSpecial weather statement, Apr 21, 6:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 642 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012 NCZ026-027-041-042-212330- FRANKLIN-JOHNSTON-NASH-WAKE- 642 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN JOHNSTON...NASH...NORTHEASTERN WAKE AND EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 641 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LINWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WENDELL.. MIDDLESEX...PILOT...BUNN...SPRING HOPE. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HALF INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 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. DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. && LAT...LON 3606 7816 3596 7788 3562 7834 3575 7850 TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 223DEG 21KT 3576 7834 77
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 6:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
650 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012
NCZ021-022-038-212345-
DAVIDSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-
650 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS GUILFORD...FORSYTH AND
DAVIDSON COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...
AT 650 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HIGH POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...JAMESTOWN...COLFAX...
SUMMERFIELD.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN EXITS 201 AND 218.
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.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM
YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.
&&
LAT...LON 3626 7994 3625 7956 3592 7997 3592 8004
3590 8005 3600 8018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 216DEG 12KT 3602 8002
ELLISSpecial weather statement, Apr 21, 6:57 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
657 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012
NCZ074-075-084-220000-
MONTGOMERY-MOORE-RICHMOND-
657 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS RICHMOND...MOORE AND
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...
AT 657 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
CANDOR...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BISCOE...EAGLE
SPRINGS...ROBBINS.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA 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.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM
YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.
&&
LAT...LON 3551 7981 3551 7949 3540 7934 3509 7982
3526 8002
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 229DEG 12KT 3529 7976
ELLISSpecial weather statement, Apr 21, 7:36 PM EDT, 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 46 min |
| Apr 21, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Orange | 45 min |
| Apr 21, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 51 min |
| Apr 21, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery | 50 min |
| Apr 21, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 42 min |
| Apr 21, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Nash | 48 min |
| Apr 21, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Moore | 63 min |
| Apr 21, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 42 min |
| Apr 21, 7:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 98 min |
| Apr 21, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 39 min |
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