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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2014, 11:22 PM EDT for Granville County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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 20, 2014, 11:22 PM EDT (03:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2014, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
County Granville County, NC
The radar
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Aug 20, 9:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 9:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 430 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-210830- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE- JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 430 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 5:35 PM EDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
535 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
NCZ025-041-202230-
WAKE-DURHAM-
535 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF WAKE AND
SOUTHEASTERN DURHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF RDU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
OVER WAKE FOREST... ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO POSE A WEATHER HAZARD.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RALEIGH...DURHAM...CARY...WAKE
FOREST...RDU INTERNATIONAL... AND MORRISVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
40 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND
TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR
OBJECTS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE FIRST
SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM YOUR
LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.
&&
LAT...LON 3602 7855 3574 7839 3571 7847 3565 7853
3554 7879 3584 7891 3587 7891 3587 7893
3592 7895 3607 7873 3608 7869
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 334DEG 14KT 3589 7881
PWBSpecial weather statement, Aug 20, 6:07 PM EDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
607 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
NCZ042-202300-
JOHNSTON-
607 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN JOHNSTON
COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM EDT...
AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLAYTON...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF SMITHFIELD...
MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON...SELMA...FLOWERS AND EMIT.
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3548 7839 3562 7858 3571 7846 3572 7843
3581 7826 3579 7824 3577 7825 3575 7823
3575 7822 3574 7822 3573 7821 3573 7819
3571 7817 3561 7813
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 279DEG 6KT 3570 7838
10Local storm report, Aug 20, 6:11 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
611 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM TSTM WND GST RDU INTERNATIONAL AIRPO 35.88N 78.79W
08/20/2014 M58 MPH WAKE NC ASOS
50 KT WIND GUST AT KRDU.
&&
EVENT NUMBER RAH1401649
BSDSpecial weather statement, Aug 20, 6:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
635 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
NCZ041-202330-
WAKE-
635 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WAKE
COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM EDT...
AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GARNER...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RALEIGH...
MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH...GARNER...KNIGHTDALE AND LAKE BENSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
&&
LAT...LON 3582 7845 3571 7847 3552 7870 3553 7874
3579 7867
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 353DEG 23KT 3574 7855
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 12:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren | 61 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.