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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at May 6, 2013, 4:17 PM EDT for Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2013, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Wake County, NC
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</html>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 May 6, 3:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 3:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 304 PM EDT MON MAY 6 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL TRACK SLOWLY EAST NORTHEAST INTO THE CAROLINAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN MOVE OFFSHORE THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 255 PM MONDAY... OVERVIEW: A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER EASTERN TN AT 18Z WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH TONIGHT. SHORTWAVE ENERGY ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE UPPER LOW OVER UPSTATE SC AT 18Z WILL TRACK INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...PROGRESSING NORTHWEST INTO VA/WV THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION: AS THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE TRACKS THROUGH UPSTATE SC AND EVENTUALLY INTO WESTERN NC AROUND AND SHORTLY AFTER PEAK HEATING (18-00Z)...EXPECT ISOLD/SCT CONVECTION TO DEVELOP WEST OF HWY 1 ACROSS THE W/SW PIEDMONT WHERE INSOLATION AND STEEPENING MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO 500-1000 J/KG OF MLCAPE. AN ISOLD FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE NW PIEDMONT THIS AFT/EVE IF ADDITIONAL SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY DEVELOPS AND TRAINS OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY. SEVERE THREAT: MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION THIS AFT/EVE WEST OF HWY 1 AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY TRACKS INTO THE WESTERN PIEDMONT AROUND THE NORTHEAST PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER LOW. LOW AND MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ON THE ORDER OF 7-8 C/KM IN THE PRESENCE OF 35-45 KT DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL SUPPORT A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD SUPERCELLS WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF LARGE HAIL. DAMAGING WIND CANNOT BE RULED OUT WHERE MID-LEVEL DRYING AND STEEPENING LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES CONTRIBUTE TO RELATIVELY HIGHER DCAPE...PRIMARILY IN THE WESTERN SANDHILLS AND SW PIEDMONT. TEMPERATURES: EXPECT LOWS TONIGHT RANGING GENERALLY FROM THE LOWER TO MID 50S...COOLEST IN THE WEST/SW PIEDMONT. -VINCENT && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 230 PM MONDAY... ...UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE WITH THE LINGERING MID/UPPER LOW TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING... THERE IS GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT WITH THE FORECAST TRACK/STRENGTH OF UPPER LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE LOWER TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THE MID/UPPER LEVEL CUT OFF LOW SHOULD BEGIN THE MORNING TUESDAY OVER UPSTATE SC. THE SYSTEM IS THEN FORECAST TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AND OPEN UP AS IT MOVES ENE OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING... THEN INTO SOUTHERN VIRGINIA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE UPPER LOW IS THEN FORECAST TO WOBBLE AROUND OVER VA ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERAL VORTICITY MAXIMA ARE FORECAST TO ROTATE AROUND THE MID/UPPER CIRCULATION AS IT MAKES THIS TRACK ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE FINAL VORTICITY MAXIMUM SHOULD ROUND THE UPPER LOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... TRACKING SE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NC DURING MAXIMUM HEATING. THE UPSHOT OF ALL THIS WILL BE LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... WITH THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS BOTH DAYS AIDED BY SURFACE HEATING UNDER THE DECREASING HEIGHTS AND TEMPERATURES ALOFT. THE SEVERE THREAT APPEARS SMALL BUT CERTAINLY NON-ZERO BOTH DAYS. THE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE STILL FORECAST IN THE 6.5 TO 6.75 C/KM DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH CORRESPONDING MLCAPES ON THE ORDER OF 500 TO 1000 J/KG. THE LACK OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AS SURFACE DEW POINTS MIX OUT INTO THE 40S AND LOWER 50S TUESDAY... COMBINED WITH ONLY MODEST WARMING INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S SHOULD KEEP THE INSTABILITY SOMEWHAT IN CHECK. THERE MAY BE MORE COVERAGE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A SURFACE COLD FRONT SHOULD FOCUS CONVERGENCE AND LIFT AS THE LAST VORTICITY LOBE PASSES OVERHEAD DURING PEAK HEATING INTO THE EVENING. SENSIBLE WEATHER... VARIABLY CLOUDY TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BOTH AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIODS... DECREASING TO A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOWS IN THE 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 245 PM SUNDAY... SUBSIDENCE IN THE REAR OF THE DEPARTING UPPER LOW TO OUR NW AND THE APPROACH OF THE LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE RIDGE FROM THE WEST WILL AID IN A SIGNIFICANTLY DRIER AND WARMER DAY THURSDAY. THE SKIES SHOULD BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY. THE RETURN OF THE SUN THURSDAY WILL WARM THE REGION BACK TO BETWEEN 75 AND 80. THESE READING SHOULD BE VERY NEAR THE 30 YEAR NORMALS FOR MAY 9TH. LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT OF 53-58 EXPECTED WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... WARM FRIDAY... BUT INCREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS/STORMS WITH A COLD FRONT OVER THE WEEKEND. MUCH COOLER AND DRIER EARLY NEXT WEEK. A MORE PROGRESSIVE BUT STILL AMPLIFIED FLOW PATTERN IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE UNITED STATES LATE WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THERE CONTINUE TO BE SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES WITH THE EXPECTED COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE OVER THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER... IT APPEARS THAT A MORE PROGRESSIVE FLOW PATTERN SHOULD LEAD TO A QUICKER FRONTAL PASSAGE THAN HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED WITH THE LAST TWO "CLOSED LOW" EVENTS. CURRENTLY... THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT APPEARS TO BE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WOULD YIELD THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT... LINGERING IN THE EAST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE THE CHANCE POP SAT AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY. COOLER AND DRIER AIR CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY AIDED BY THE AMPLIFIED TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN STATES. LOWS 60-65 WITH HIGHS 77-82 FRIDAY... AND 75-82 SATURDAY... COOLING TO 70-75 SUNDAY AND 65-70 MONDAY. THE HIGHS MONDAY SHOULD AGAIN BE AROUND 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 200 PM MONDAY... 24-HR TAF PERIOD: A RANGE OF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT...FROM VFR AT THE FAY TERMINAL TO MVFR AND PERIODIC IFR CONDITIONS AT THE INT/GSO/RDU/RWI TERMINALS IN ASSOCIATION WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 21-00Z. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH 21Z WILL BE AT THE RDU/INT/GSO TERMINALS...THEN AT THE INT/GSO TERMINALS BETWEEN 21-00Z WHERE AN ISOLD SEVERE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. MVFR CEILINGS AND SHOWERS/STORMS MAY LINGER AT THE INT/GSO/RDU TERMINALS THROUGH 00-03Z THIS EVENING...THOUGH CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH MARKEDLY BY MIDNIGHT. SUB-VFR VISBYS IN FOG OR LOW CEILINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT ALL TERMINALS BETWEEN 06-12Z TUESDAY MORNING. MVFR CONDITIONS WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN BY THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD (12-18Z TUE) AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW TRACKS SLOWLY EAST INTO CENTRAL NC. LOOKING AHEAD: SUB-VFR CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH WED NIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW SLOWLY TRACKS NORTHEAST FROM CENTRAL NC TO THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST. A PERIOD OF VFR CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED THU AND THU NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW...WITH SUB-VFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN FRI AFTERNOON INTO THE WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. -VINCENT && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...VINCENT NEAR TERM...VINCENT SHORT TERM...BADGETT LONG TERM...BADGETT AVIATION...VINCENT
Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 8:38 AM EDT, 7 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 838 AM EDT MON MAY 6 2013 NCZ009>011-026>028-042-043-078-089-071245- VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-WAYNE- SAMPSON- 838 AM EDT MON MAY 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SLOWLY APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE WEST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED URBAN FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ007-008-024-025-040-041-075>077-083>086-088-071245- PERSON-GRANVILLE-ORANGE-DURHAM-CHATHAM-WAKE-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND- 838 AM EDT MON MAY 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SLOWLY APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE WEST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED URBAN FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ021>023-038-039-073-074-071245- FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY-MONTGOMERY- 838 AM EDT MON MAY 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SLOWLY APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE WEST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS SUCH AS GREENSBORO...WINSTON SALEM...ASHEBORO...AND LEXINGTON. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VINCENT
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
340 PM EDT MON MAY 6 2013
NCZ022-039-062015-
GUILFORD-RANDOLPH-
340 PM EDT MON MAY 6 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS RANDOLPH AND GUILFORD
COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 340 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES
WEST OF RANDLEMAN...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...RANDLEMAN...ARCHDALE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN EXITS 106 AND 126.
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.
THIS STORM 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 3603 8004 3600 7967 3570 7982 3574 8003
3583 8006
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 193DEG 12KT 3582 7990
ELLISSpecial weather statement, May 6, 4:10 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
410 PM EDT MON MAY 6 2013
NCZ021-062115-
FORSYTH-
410 PM EDT MON MAY 6 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS FORSYTH COUNTY THROUGH 515
PM EDT...
AT 410 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
CLEMMONS...OR ABOUT OVER WINSTON-SALEM...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE LEWISVILLE...
WINSTON-SALEM...PFAFFTOWN...PFAFFTOWN...STANLEYVILLE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN EXITS 182 AND 203.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3613 8044 3621 8044 3622 8043 3626 8045
3626 8003 3601 8005 3603 8021 3600 8022
3600 8032 3598 8040 3598 8043 3601 8042
3606 8047 3605 8048 3605 8051 3611 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 193DEG 7KT 3606 8033
ELLISSpecial weather statement, May 6, 4:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
417 PM EDT MON MAY 6 2013
NCZ008-026-041-042-062115-
FRANKLIN-GRANVILLE-JOHNSTON-WAKE-
417 PM EDT MON MAY 6 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS JOHNSTON...WAKE...GRANVILLE
AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 416 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
KNIGHTDALE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF RALEIGH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
30 MPH. A SECOND AREA OF STORMS IS MOVING ALONG THE WAKE AND
FRANKLIN COUNTY LINE.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORM INCLUDE...ROLESVILLE...WAKE
FOREST...AND...FALLS LAKE...YOUNGSVILLE...PURNELL...CREEDMOOR.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 540 BETWEEN EXITS 9 AND 26.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 440 BETWEEN EXITS 10 AND 14.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 264 BETWEEN EXITS 419 AND 429.
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.
THIS STORM 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 3621 7851 3618 7851 3616 7845 3608 7836
3575 7828 3562 7845 3595 7873 3601 7870
3603 7872 3602 7874 3603 7875 3607 7875
3607 7879 3627 7866
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 153DEG 27KT 3582 7846
ELLISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 10:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 111 min |
| May 6, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Orange | 27 min |
| May 6, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Orange | 30 min |
| May 6, 2:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Wake | 81 min |
| May 6, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 48 min |
| May 6, 3:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wake | 111 min |
| May 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 35 min |
| May 6, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 65 min |
| May 6, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 23 min |
| May 6, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance | 61 min |
| May 6, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance | 59 min |
| May 6, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 38 min |
| May 6, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake, Warren | 83 min |
| May 6, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 59 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.