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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 15, 2012Wake County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2012, 7:19 PM EDT for Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 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 15, 2012, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Wake County, NC

The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 15, 6:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 6:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 7:15 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
459 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

NCZ038-039-152200-
DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-
459 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS RANDOLPH AND DAVIDSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 459 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
GORDONTOWN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GORDONTOWN...
DENTON...ULAH...AND...ASHEBORO...SEAGROVE.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3591 8016 3587 7954 3551 7956 3550 8015
      3553 8021 3558 8021 3569 8034
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 287DEG 24KT 3573 8017

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 5:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 6:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 6:23 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 6:35 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 7:19 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 14, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	56 min
Aug 14, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	37 min
Aug 14, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Vance, Warren	59 min
Aug 14, 10:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Warren	39 min
Aug 14, 10:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Halifax, Warren	24 min
Aug 14, 11:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Warren	40 min
Aug 15, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery	59 min
Aug 15, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Moore, Richmond	51 min
Aug 15, 2:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Moore, Richmond	34 min
Aug 15, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore, Richmond	25 min
Aug 15, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	59 min
Aug 15, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	39 min
Aug 15, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	35 min
Aug 15, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	50 min
Aug 15, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke	54 min
Aug 15, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	47 min
Aug 15, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	61 min
Aug 15, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	48 min
Aug 15, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	61 min
Aug 15, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake	25 min
Aug 15, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash, Wilson	59 min
Aug 15, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	60 min
Aug 15, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	52 min
Aug 15, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	40 min
Aug 15, 6:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Wake	81 min
Aug 15, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond	79 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.