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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 1, 2012Halifax County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2012, 3:55 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: Aug 1, 2012, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2012, 5:00 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.

NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 1, 3:27 PM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 3:27 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 10:23 AM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:14 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:39 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
339 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

NCZ011-028-012015-
EDGECOMBE-HALIFAX-
339 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN HALIFAX AND
NORTHWEST EDGECOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 336 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
ENFIELD...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF HALIFAX...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ENFIELD AND RURAL
LOCATIONS SEVERAL MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF ENFIELD.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

&&

LAT...LON 3615 7749 3603 7759 3611 7771 3614 7771
      3620 7765
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 287DEG 4KT 3614 7763

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:55 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
Aug 1, 4:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson	49 min
Aug 1, 1:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	28 min
Aug 1, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	61 min
Aug 1, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	36 min
Aug 1, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	58 min
Aug 1, 4:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Halifax	42 min
Aug 1, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	22 min
Aug 1, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Wake	50 min
Aug 1, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake	56 min
Aug 1, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Vance	46 min
Aug 1, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson	38 min
Aug 1, 5:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Vance	61 min
Aug 1, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wake	12 min
Aug 1, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	61 min
Aug 1, 6:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Granville, Wake	54 min
Aug 1, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	53 min
Aug 1, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	67 min

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Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.