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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Sep 18, 2012, 8:56 AM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 94 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
- Sep 18, 2012, 8:56 AM EDT (12:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2012, 10:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
Counties Alamance County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Randolph County, NC
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The text
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NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 18, 7:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 7:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 6:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
652 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012
NCZ073-083-181130-
ANSON-STANLY-
652 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012
...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
STANLY AND ANSON COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING...
AT 648 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO WESTERN ANSON AND STANLY
COUNTIES. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH
WADESBORO...POLKTON...ANSONVILLE...AND STANFIELD BY 715 AM...AND
NORWOOD AND ALBEMARLE AROUND 730 AM.
HEAVY RAIN WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. DRIVERS
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LIMITED VISIBILITY IN RAIN AS WELL AS STANDING
WATER ON THE ROAD. SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL.
&&
LAT...LON 3539 8037 3528 8010 3518 8005 3514 8008
3511 8006 3509 7999 3511 7996 3511 7992
3505 7988 3501 7990 3498 7987 3490 7985
3485 7990 3480 7993 3481 8033 3519 8029
3516 8035 3516 8046 3519 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 1048Z 228DEG 34KT 3499 8029
13Special weather statement, Sep 18, 7:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davie | 58 min |
| Sep 17, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 27 min |
| Sep 18, 6:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 38 min |
| Sep 18, 7:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 89 min |
| Sep 18, 8:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 86 min |
| Sep 18, 8:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery | 56 min |
| Sep 18, 9:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange | 56 min |
| Sep 18, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Person, Vance | 45 min |
| Sep 18, 11:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Orange | 40 min |
| Sep 18, 11:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Sep 18, 12:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville, Orange | 57 min |
| Sep 18, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 31 min |
| Sep 18, 12:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 25 min |
| Sep 18, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 65 min |
| Sep 18, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville | 46 min |
| Sep 18, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 53 min |
| Sep 18, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Warren | 35 min |
| Sep 18, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Hoke, Lee | 58 min |
| Sep 18, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange, Randolph | 63 min |
| Sep 18, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 21 min |
| Sep 18, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston | 65 min |
| Sep 18, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 62 min |
| Sep 18, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 54 min |
| Sep 18, 3:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wake | 2 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Vance | 32 min |
| Sep 18, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 41 min |
| Sep 18, 3:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Johnston, Sampson | 23 min |
| Sep 18, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Warren | 33 min |
| Sep 18, 3:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 93 min |
| Sep 18, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wake | 14 min |
| Sep 18, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston, Wilson | 53 min |
| Sep 18, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax, Nash | 64 min |
| Sep 18, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 44 min |
| Sep 18, 5:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Halifax | 85 min |
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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.