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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 31, 2012Durham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2012, 10:18 PM EDT for Durham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 57 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 31, 2012, 10:18 PM EDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2012, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

County Durham County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 31, 8:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 8:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 4:19 PM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 5:14 PM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 31, 10:18 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 3:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson78 min
Jun 1, 4:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland92 min
Jun 1, 5:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Scotland64 min
Jun 1, 12:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHFranklin43 min
Jun 1, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHVance, Warren37 min
Jun 1, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Vance, Warren39 min
Jun 1, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Warren49 min
Jun 1, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax51 min
Jun 1, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake60 min
Jun 1, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRandolph53 min
Jun 1, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax39 min
Jun 1, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson, Guilford53 min
Jun 1, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax29 min
Jun 1, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax, Nash40 min
Jun 1, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Guilford, Randolph45 min
Jun 1, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance64 min
Jun 1, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford40 min
Jun 1, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance, Orange46 min
Jun 1, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson24 min
Jun 1, 3:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHGuilford3 hr
Jun 1, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGuilford40 min
Jun 1, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Sampson46 min
Jun 1, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGranville41 min
Jun 1, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth37 min
Jun 1, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Sampson, Wayne45 min
Jun 1, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville, Person40 min
Jun 1, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHOrange60 min
Jun 1, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHStanly36 min
Jun 1, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHPerson50 min
Jun 1, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson61 min
Jun 1, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville, Person28 min
Jun 1, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGranville, Vance44 min
Jun 1, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Wake52 min
Jun 1, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren47 min
Jun 1, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville, Vance, Warren32 min
Jun 1, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWarren31 min
Jun 1, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax19 min
Jun 1, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHNash40 min
Jun 1, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne59 min
Jun 1, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston57 min
Jun 1, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson35 min
Jun 1, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax19 min

Nearby

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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.