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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 5, 2012Forsyth County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2012, 1:32 PM EDT for Forsyth 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
Jul 5, 2012, 1:32 PM EDT (17:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2012, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

County Forsyth County, NC

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NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 5, 1:20 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:20 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 12:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 11:09 AM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 5, 11:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 5, 11:12 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1112 AM EDT THU JUL 05 2012

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

0510 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 WNW LUCAMA            35.66N  78.05W
07/04/2012                   WILSON             NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREE DOWN IN MORRES CROSSING. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1200529

BLAES
Local storm report, Jul 5, 11:13 AM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1113 AM EDT THU JUL 05 2012

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

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE MIDDLESEX          35.81N  78.18W
07/04/2012                   NASH               NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR MIDDLESEX. TIME ESTIMATED BY
            RADAR.

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNW RALEIGH           35.84N  78.66W
07/04/2012                   WAKE               NC   PUBLIC

            TREE DOWN AT THE 4000 BLOCK OF YADKIN DRIVE.

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW RALEIGH            35.83N  78.66W
07/04/2012                   WAKE               NC   911 CALL CENTER

            POWER LINES DOWN ON ALLEGHANY DR... TIME ESTIMATED BY
            RADAR

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 WSW FALLS LAKE        35.89N  78.66W
07/04/2012                   WAKE               NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            ONE TREE BLOWN DOWN AT THE CORNER OF VESTAVIA WOODS
            DRIVE AND HEPWORTH CT.

0445 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 ESE VASS              35.20N  79.16W
07/04/2012                   MOORE              NC   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF
            THE COUNTY

0454 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NNW BLACK CREEK       35.68N  77.96W
07/04/2012                   WILSON             NC   911 CALL CENTER

            POWER LINE DOWN ON ST MARYS CHURCH ROAD... TIME
            ESTIMATED BY RADAR

0510 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 WNW LUCAMA            35.66N  78.05W
07/04/2012                   WILSON             NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREE DOWN IN MORRES CROSSING. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0512 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 WSW RALEIGH           35.78N  78.70W
07/04/2012                   WAKE               NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN... INCLUDING ONE ON A HOUSE... TIME
            ESTIMATED BY RADAR

0515 PM     HAIL             SPRING HOPE             35.94N  78.11W
07/04/2012  M1.00 INCH       NASH               NC   911 CALL CENTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY POLICE NEAR NASH AND
            POPLAR STREETS.

0530 PM     HAIL             3 ESE ROCKY MOUNT       35.94N  77.73W
07/04/2012  E1.00 INCH       EDGECOMBE          NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON U.S. 64. TIME ESTIAMTED BY RADAR.

0540 PM     HAIL             2 NE KINGSBORO          35.93N  77.65W
07/04/2012  E0.50 INCH       EDGECOMBE          NC   PUBLIC

            SMALL HAIL OBSERVED AT THE IANDN STORM. SIZE ESTIMATED.

0559 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N SILVER CITY         35.03N  79.23W
07/04/2012                   HOKE               NC   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN ON JUNE JOHNSON ROAD

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W CENTERVILLE         36.19N  78.16W
07/04/2012                   FRANKLIN           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY

0620 PM     HAIL             4 W CENTERVILLE         36.20N  78.19W
07/04/2012  E1.00 INCH       FRANKLIN           NC   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON GOLD SAND ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY
            RADAR.

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W CENTERVILLE         36.19N  78.14W
07/04/2012                   FRANKLIN           NC   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            SWEVERAL TREES DOWN IN AND NEAR CENTERVILLE. TIME
            ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1200525 RAH1200520 RAH1200514 RAH1200523 RAH1200515
RAH1200516 RAH1200529 RAH1200522 RAH1200517 RAH1200528 RAH1200518
RAH1200519 RAH1200521 RAH1200527 RAH1200526

BLAES
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:57 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1257 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

NCZ007-008-051745-
GRANVILLE-PERSON-
1257 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS PERSON AND GRANVILLE
COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT...

AT 1257 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF BETHEL HILL...OR ABOUT OVER VIRGILINA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...OAK HILL.

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

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WINDS OF THIS
MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING
AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT
OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3642 7851 3636 7851 3625 7873 3655 7893
      3655 7864
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 326DEG 12KT 3654 7879

VINCENT
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:32 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
Jul 5, 3:37 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAHAnson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 17 more40 hr
Jul 5, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGranville48 min
Jul 5, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Orange41 min
Jul 5, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHForsyth32 min
Jul 5, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Granville, Vance53 min
Jul 5, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Orange52 min
Jul 5, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Vance, Warren40 min
Jul 5, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGuilford54 min
Jul 5, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson57 min
Jul 5, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Granville, Nash, Wake66 min
Jul 5, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRandolph55 min
Jul 5, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHoke50 min
Jul 5, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGuilford60 min
Jul 5, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Vance, Warren29 min
Jul 5, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance37 min
Jul 5, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHarnett34 min
Jul 5, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland47 min
Jul 5, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake63 min
Jul 5, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax45 min
Jul 5, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Lee61 min
Jul 5, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHoke39 min
Jul 5, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Johnston, Nash, Wake67 min
Jul 5, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHScotland45 min
Jul 5, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHoke41 min
Jul 5, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax61 min
Jul 5, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHScotland52 min
Jul 5, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham38 min
Jul 5, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson51 min
Jul 5, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHarnett48 min
Jul 5, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett61 min
Jul 5, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne40 min
Jul 5, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore42 min
Jul 5, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe45 min
Jul 5, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson53 min
Jul 5, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMoore65 min
Jul 5, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHPerson66 min
Jul 5, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery, Richmond65 min
Jul 5, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson59 min
Jul 5, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson54 min
Jul 5, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRichmond59 min
Jul 5, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMoore, Richmond, Scotland54 min

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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.