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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 1, 2014Randolph County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2014, 5:06 AM EDT for Randolph County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 1, 2014, 5:06 AM EDT (09:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2014, 5:45 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

County Randolph County, NC

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Aug 1, 3:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 3:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 4:26 AM EDT, 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
426 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014

NCZ007>009-021>025-038>040-073>076-083-084-020930-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-
DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND-
426 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY WITH
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES. THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING IN URBAN OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF
TWO INCHES.

NCZ010-011-026>028-041>043-077-078-085-086-088-089-020930-
WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-
WAYNE-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
426 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AMOUNTS IN
EXCESS OF AN INCH WILL BE COMMON WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS
OF TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO MINOR
FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. A STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD WILL BE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS,

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

THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
AS NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THIS
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO A THREAT OF MINOR FLOODING IN
URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREA. ALSO...AN INCREASE IN WATER LEVELS
IN AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD OCCUR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF TWO
INCHES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:06 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
506 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014

NCZ038-039-074-010945-
MONTGOMERY-RANDOLPH-DAVIDSON-
506 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
MONTGOMERY...SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH AND SOUTHEASTERN DAVIDSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 545 AM EDT...

AT 505 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BADIN LAKE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BADIN LAKE...DENTON...ELDORADO...FISH TALES MARINA...WHIP-O-WILL
CAMPGROUND...MARTHA AND PINEHAVEN MARINA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE
EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ALSO INDICATED WEAK ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. IF
THE STORM WERE TO INTENSIFY AND ROTATION STRENGTHEN...A WARNING
WOULD BE ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3567 8014 3573 7995 3563 7983 3537 7996
      3536 8006 3537 8005 3539 8006 3540 8009
      3542 8009 3544 8010 3545 8011 3546 8011
      3548 8015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0901Z 192DEG 16KT 3544 8003

MWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 5:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Richmond, Stanly64 min
Aug 1, 6:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery, Moore, Richmond47 min
Aug 1, 7:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore56 min
Aug 1, 10:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery23 min
Aug 1, 10:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRichmond56 min
Aug 1, 10:27 AM EDTFlood WatchRAHCumberland, Edgecombe, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson51 hr
Aug 1, 10:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery, Moore, Randolph56 min
Aug 1, 11:44 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHMontgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond2 hr
Aug 1, 1:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore, Scotland55 min
Aug 1, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore58 min
Aug 1, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance, Warren117 min
Aug 1, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance, Warren97 min
Aug 1, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne46 min

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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.