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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 19, 201212 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2012, 6:04 AM EDT for 12 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 116 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 19, 2012, 6:04 AM EDT (10:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Alamance County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Durham County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC

The radar

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The text

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

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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 19, 3:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 4:14 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
414 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-200815-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-
RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
414 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... WITH DAMAGING WIND THE PRIMARY
THREAT... WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MAIN AREA OF
CONCERN WILL BE OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... ALONG
AND EAST OF A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS
MORNING... AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
STORMS THAT FORM ALONG AND EAST OF THE STATIONARY FRONT MAY
PRODUCE STRONG WINDS... WITH ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED
TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. SPOTTERS SHOULD
STAY TUNED AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE... INCLUDING FLOODING.

BADGETT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 6:04 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
604 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

NCZ007>010-021>026-038>041-191200-
ALAMANCE-CHATHAM-DAVIDSON-DURHAM-FORSYTH-FRANKLIN-GRANVILLE-GUILFORD-
ORANGE-PERSON-RANDOLPH-VANCE-WAKE-WARREN-
604 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...

AT 605 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM FROM NORTHEAST RANDOLPH AND ALAMANCE
COUNTIES NORTHEAST ACROSS ORANGE... PERSON... DURHAM... AND
GRANVILLE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH. THIS LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE NORTHEAST AND AFFECT MANY AREAS FROM BURLINGTON AND
HILLSBOROUGH TO ROXBORO... BUTNER... FALLS LAKE... DURHAM...
OXFORD... AND HENDERSON.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...

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 3654 7789 3630 7794 3582 7825 3557 7865
      3558 7892 3555 7903 3563 7912 3554 7926
      3551 8005 3623 8015 3627 8003 3625 7916
      3652 7914 3655 7903

TIME...MOT...LOC 1003Z 240DEG 27KT 3613 7927

BADGETT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne11 min
Aug 19, 4:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Guilford and 6 more2 hr
Aug 19, 4:49 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Guilford, Orange, Randolph3 hr
Aug 19, 6:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Person and 2 more92 min
Aug 19, 7:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHGuilford4 hr
Aug 19, 7:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly65 min
Aug 19, 8:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHDurham50 min
Aug 19, 8:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHFranklin, Nash, Vance, Warren51 min
Aug 19, 8:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Richmond, Scotland58 min
Aug 19, 8:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren65 min
Aug 19, 9:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax, Warren40 min
Aug 19, 9:09 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHHalifax23 min
Aug 19, 9:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHHalifax, Vance, Warren3 hr
Aug 19, 9:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Moore65 min
Aug 19, 9:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHHalifax, Warren2 hr
Aug 19, 9:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHoke, Richmond, Scotland58 min
Aug 19, 9:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Halifax, Nash58 min
Aug 19, 10:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore62 min
Aug 19, 11:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHHalifax, Warren2 hr
Aug 19, 11:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Harnett, Sampson64 min
Aug 19, 11:35 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHWake78 min
Aug 19, 12:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson, Wayne64 min
Aug 19, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson46 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.