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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 8, 2012Halifax County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2012, 9:10 PM EDT for Halifax County, North Carolina. It was in force for 65 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 8, 2012, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Halifax 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:10 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
Jul 8, 11:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Halifax, Warren	60 min
Jul 9, 1:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Lee	42 min
Jul 9, 1:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	58 min
Jul 9, 3:41 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	Anson, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee and 8 more	15 hr
Jul 9, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore	59 min
Jul 9, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett	49 min
Jul 9, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Lee, Moore	63 min
Jul 9, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Moore	40 min
Jul 9, 2:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Harnett, Moore	3 hr
Jul 9, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore	45 min
Jul 9, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Wake	58 min
Jul 9, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	41 min
Jul 9, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Lee	43 min
Jul 9, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke	34 min
Jul 9, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Scotland	54 min
Jul 9, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	53 min
Jul 9, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	33 min
Jul 9, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	63 min
Jul 9, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	41 min
Jul 9, 4:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Johnston, Wake	79 min
Jul 9, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham	45 min
Jul 9, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson	55 min
Jul 9, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	63 min
Jul 9, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham	45 min
Jul 9, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Richmond	56 min
Jul 9, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly	49 min
Jul 9, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	59 min
Jul 9, 5:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Anson	80 min
Jul 9, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly	50 min
Jul 9, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville	52 min
Jul 9, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	61 min
Jul 9, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Person, Vance	49 min
Jul 9, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Bladen	63 min
Jul 9, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	48 min
Jul 9, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery	57 min
Jul 9, 6:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Granville, Person, Vance	2 hr
Jul 9, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Person, Vance, Warren	60 min
Jul 9, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Guilford, Orange	58 min
Jul 9, 7:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Granville	108 min
Jul 9, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Warren	47 min
Jul 9, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash	59 min
Jul 9, 7:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	3 hr

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.