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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 30, 2014Durham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 30, 2014, 4:49 AM EDT for Durham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 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: Apr 30, 2014, 4:49 AM EDT (08:49 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2014, 5:30 AM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Durham County, NC

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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 Apr 30, 3:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 3:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 10:46 PM EDT, 6 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 11:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 12:12 AM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1212 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014

NCZ010-300445-
WARREN-
1212 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN WARREN
COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM EDT...

AT 1212 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LITTLETON...OR 10 MILES EAST OF WARRENTON...
MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LITTLETON...SOUTHPOINTE AND MORNINGSTAR MARINAS AND LAKE GASTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
45 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND
TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR
OBJECTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3651 7790 3649 7791 3637 7792 3629 7795
      3629 7796 3632 7809 3654 7804 3654 7790
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 196DEG 16KT 3637 7797

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 4:12 AM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 4:49 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	44 min
Apr 29, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	36 min
Apr 29, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	39 min
Apr 29, 10:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Wilson	3 hr
Apr 29, 10:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	67 min
Apr 29, 11:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	61 min
Apr 30, 12:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Warren	33 min
Apr 30, 12:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax	38 min
Apr 30, 4:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	48 min
Apr 30, 4:51 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Orange	39 min
Apr 30, 5:24 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Durham, Granville, Wake	51 min
Apr 30, 6:08 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Granville, Vance	52 min
Apr 30, 6:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	20 min
Apr 30, 11:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	31 min
Apr 30, 12:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Wake	63 min
Apr 30, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Nash, Vance and 3 more	87 min
Apr 30, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke	54 min
Apr 30, 1:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Harnett, Wake	3 hr
Apr 30, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson, Wayne	57 min
Apr 30, 2:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Franklin, Halifax, Nash	2 hr
Apr 30, 3:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Halifax	2 hr

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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.