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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 21, 2012Nash County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2012, 2:41 PM EDT for Nash County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 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: Jun 21, 2012, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Nash County, NC

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jun 21, 1:48 PM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 1:48 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 3:54 AM EDT, 10 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
241 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2012

NCZ011-027-211930-
HALIFAX-NASH-
241 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NASH AND HALIFAX COUNTIES
THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 238 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
AVENTON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WARRENTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE AVENTON...RED OAK...
AND GLENVIEW. THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 145 AND
154.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF BREAKING TREE LIMBS AND
BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER
LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS ARE
URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING...
ESPECIALLY ON INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 145 AND 154.

&&

LAT...LON 3635 7787 3616 7770 3611 7770 3608 7773
      3596 7799 3611 7807 3626 7797 3632 7794
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 328DEG 4KT 3621 7795

VINCENT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	38 min
Jun 21, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	44 min
Jun 21, 5:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Wake	74 min
Jun 21, 5:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	105 min

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