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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 4, 2012Halifax County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at May 4, 2012, 8:25 PM EDT for Halifax County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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: May 4, 2012, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2012, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Halifax County, NC

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The text

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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 May 4, 8:10 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 8:10 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 8:20 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 4, 6:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
637 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012

NCZ026-042300-
FRANKLIN-
637 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH 700
PM EDT...

AT 637 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LOUISBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... RURAL CENTRAL
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

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 3601 7814 3601 7837 3615 7837 3616 7804
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 269DEG 15KT 3607 7830

VINCENT

Special weather statement, May 4, 7:27 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
727 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012

NCZ011-050015-
HALIFAX-
727 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HALIFAX COUNTY THROUGH 815
PM EDT...

AT 727 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
AIRLIE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF HALIFAX...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE HALIFAX.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 154 AND 171.

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 3612 7732 3617 7792 3619 7792 3619 7797
      3618 7798 3625 7798 3631 7794 3642 7791
      3643 7755 3637 7754 3635 7758 3632 7757
      3631 7753 3633 7744 3624 7737 3622 7738
      3619 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 266DEG 17KT 3627 7785

VINCENT

Local storm report, May 4, 7:31 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
731 PM EDT FRI MAY 04 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0658 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NNE FLOWERS           35.69N  78.33W
05/04/2012                   JOHNSTON           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN IN THE ROAD... TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1200195

SEC

Special weather statement, May 4, 7:40 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
740 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012

NCZ011-027-028-050045-
EDGECOMBE-HALIFAX-NASH-
740 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NASH...HALIFAX AND EDGECOMBE
COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EDT...

AT 740 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
BATTLEBORO...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF ROCKY MOUNT...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE LEGGETT...SCOTLAND
NECK...HOBGOOD.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 145 AND 154.

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 3609 7724 3608 7731 3600 7740 3593 7735
      3590 7735 3591 7785 3619 7784 3618 7732
      3611 7723 3610 7723
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 269DEG 19KT 3607 7772

VINCENT

Local storm report, May 4, 7:58 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 8:25 PM EDT, 0 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
May 4, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax	44 min
May 4, 9:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Warren	56 min
May 4, 9:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Halifax, Warren	109 min
May 5, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	62 min
May 5, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	50 min
May 5, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wake	46 min
May 5, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Wake	50 min
May 5, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Orange	52 min
May 5, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham, Orange	47 min
May 5, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore	75 min
May 5, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	42 min
May 5, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	38 min
May 5, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore	43 min
May 5, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	47 min
May 5, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	44 min
May 5, 4:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Person	3 hr
May 5, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	39 min
May 5, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Orange	59 min
May 5, 5:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake	3 hr
May 5, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke	48 min
May 5, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	38 min
May 5, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston, Wayne, Wilson	64 min
May 5, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	49 min
May 5, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne, Wilson	67 min
May 5, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	41 min
May 5, 7:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Johnston, Wayne	80 min
May 5, 7:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren	3 hr

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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.