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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 22, 2012Durham County, Orange County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2012, 4:33 PM EDT for Durham County, Orange 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: Jun 22, 2012, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Durham County, NC, Orange County, NC

The radar

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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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 7:34 PM EDT, 20 hours 59 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
Jun 22, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	51 min
Jun 22, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	59 min
Jun 22, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax and 11 more	61 min
Jun 22, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	51 min
Jun 22, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Guilford	42 min
Jun 22, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	39 min
Jun 22, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	48 min
Jun 22, 3:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Guilford	3 hr
Jun 22, 3:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	2 hr
Jun 22, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	38 min
Jun 22, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson	61 min
Jun 22, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash	56 min
Jun 22, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	62 min
Jun 22, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	57 min
Jun 22, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee	63 min
Jun 22, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham	67 min
Jun 22, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	65 min
Jun 22, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Orange	57 min
Jun 22, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	44 min
Jun 22, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee and 6 more	56 min
Jun 22, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake	57 min
Jun 22, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore	47 min
Jun 22, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	34 min
Jun 22, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Moore, Richmond, Scotland	65 min
Jun 22, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Warren	57 min
Jun 22, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke	60 min
Jun 22, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	37 min
Jun 22, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	58 min
Jun 22, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Richmond, Scotland	53 min
Jun 22, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	27 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.