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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 15, 201425 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this freeze watch at Apr 15, 2014, 4:02 PM EDT for 25 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 17, 2014, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2014, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 17, 2014, 3:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2014, 3:42 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
All 25 counties

Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze watch 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 freeze watch went out at Apr 15, 3:15 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 3:15 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 4:43 AM EDT, 11 hours 19 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 12:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 15, 12:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 15, 3:42 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson33 min
Apr 15, 3:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHStanly37 min
Apr 15, 3:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson, Stanly57 min
Apr 15, 3:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery33 min
Apr 15, 4:00 AM EDTFreeze WarningRAHAlamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth and 15 more29 hr
Apr 15, 4:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRichmond34 min
Apr 15, 4:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRandolph39 min
Apr 15, 4:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHDavidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph3 hr
Apr 15, 4:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRandolph56 min
Apr 15, 5:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore, Richmond49 min
Apr 15, 5:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston35 min
Apr 15, 6:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHLee28 min
Apr 15, 6:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham28 min
Apr 15, 7:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson53 min
Apr 15, 8:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe, Halifax, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson67 min
Apr 15, 9:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWilson28 min
Apr 15, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph51 min
Apr 15, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Granville and 9 more93 min
Apr 15, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke and 10 more83 min
Apr 15, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Sampson and 2 more84 min

Nearby

Freeze Watches in North Carolina, 2014Every freeze watch in 2014

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.