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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 29, 2012Montgomery County, Stanly County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Sep 29, 2012, 3:28 AM EDT for Montgomery County, Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 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 29, 2012, 3:28 AM EDT (07:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 2012, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Montgomery County, NC, Stanly 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 Sep 28, 7:45 PM EDT, 7 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 7:45 PM EDT, 7 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 3:29 PM EDT, 11 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
329 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-073>076-083-084-291930-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND-
329 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A BAND OF STORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.
AN ISOLATED STORM COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF
DAMAGING WINDS. THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
GREATEST BETWEEN 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 10 PM THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

NCZ042-077-078-085-086-088-089-291930-
JOHNSTON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
329 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A BAND OF STORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.
AN ISOLATED STORM COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF
DAMAGING WINDS. THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
GREATEST BETWEEN 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 10 PM THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE ON SATURDAY.
AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN...OR ALONG AND JUST EAST OF
INTERSTATE 95...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE OR
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake40 min
Sep 28, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWilson66 min
Sep 29, 3:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance, Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange, Wake63 min
Sep 29, 3:42 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHStanly72 min
Sep 29, 4:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery61 min
Sep 29, 6:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham57 min
Sep 29, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRandolph63 min
Sep 29, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Richmond59 min
Sep 29, 5:33 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHMontgomery, Moore, Richmond27 min
Sep 29, 5:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHChatham, Wake74 min
Sep 29, 5:58 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland62 min
Sep 29, 6:56 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHoke, Scotland18 min
Sep 29, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne43 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012Every 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.