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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 3, 2014Cumberland County, Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2014, 4:20 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 115 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2014, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2014, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Cumberland County, NC, Sampson 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 Jul 3, 3:30 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:30 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 1:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
105 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>042-073>077-083>086-041715-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-
HOKE-
105 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM
THE WEST AND HURRICANE ARTHUR MOVES ALONG THE COAST. THE HAZARDOUS
WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LIMITED FROM THESE FEATURES BUT THE MAIN
THREAT IS FROM MINOR FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ043-078-088-089-041715-
WILSON-WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
105 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE ARTHUR
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN AND SANDHILLS.
ALTHOUGH THE THREAT IS LIMITED...IT IS POSSIBLE FOR AN ISOLATED
TORNADO TO DEVELOP IN AN OUTER RAIN BAND THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. IN ADDITION...A SOME MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN URBAN
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
117 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

NCZ026>028-041>043-031815-
WAKE-FRANKLIN-NASH-WILSON-EDGECOMBE-JOHNSTON-
117 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF WAKE...
FRANKLIN...NASH...WILSON...SOUTHWESTERN EDGECOMBE AND JOHNSTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT...

AT 115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AN ARC FROM FOUR OAKS TO
SMITHFIELD TO WILSON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH...CARY...ROCKY MOUNT...SMITHFIELD...NASHVILLE...LOUISBURG...
WILSON...WAKE FOREST...GARNER AND FUQUAY-VARINA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

BOATERS ON THE OPEN WATER AND THOSE CAMPING OUTDOORS ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. SEEK HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AND
FIND SAFE SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. DEADLY LIGHTNING
STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE
ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND.

&&

LAT...LON 3583 7772 3564 7771 3561 7776 3560 7806
      3544 7816 3530 7843 3540 7860 3552 7869
      3557 7888 3564 7898 3587 7888 3587 7883
      3593 7880 3592 7876 3593 7876 3606 7864
      3602 7855 3615 7851 3620 7837 3620 7802
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 143DEG 27KT 3541 7843 3567 7812 3567 7783

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:20 PM 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
Jul 3, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson	58 min
Jul 3, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Montgomery, Orange, Randolph	63 min
Jul 3, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Warren	71 min
Jul 3, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Guilford	55 min
Jul 3, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax	59 min
Jul 3, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Edgecombe, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson	2 hr
Jul 3, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Stanly	92 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2014 Every special weather statement 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.