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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 23, 2012Edgecombe County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2012, 8:47 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 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 23, 2012, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2012, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Edgecombe County, NC

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 23, 7:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 7:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 3:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
355 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012

NCZ008>011-025>028-040>043-074>078-083>086-088-089-241100-
GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-
CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-
ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
355 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 292 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

NCZ073-241100-
STANLY-
355 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...WITH PRIMARY THREATS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

NCZ007-021>024-038-039-241100-
PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-
355 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...WITH PRIMARY THREATS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

MWS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 7:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 7:54 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 8:03 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 8:14 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 8:18 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 8:47 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 23, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	42 min
May 23, 8:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash	99 min
May 24, 3:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	67 min
May 24, 3:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe	3 hr
May 24, 5:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	2 hr
May 24, 5:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	91 min
May 24, 4:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Vance, Warren	2 hr
May 24, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	54 min
May 24, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Warren	58 min
May 24, 6:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Franklin	3 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.