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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 9, 2015Sampson County, Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT for Sampson County, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 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: Jun 9, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2015, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Sampson County, NC, Wayne County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jun 9, 3:25 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 3:25 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:05 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

NCZ008>011-025>028-040>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-100930-
GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-
CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-
WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE FIRST HEAT WAVE OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED LATER IN THE WEEK.
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW AND MID 90S COUPLED WITH A
HUMID AIR MASS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES 98-102 EACH AFTERNOON
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ007-021>024-038-039-100930-
PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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, Jun 9, 4:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
415 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

NCZ078-089-092115-
SAMPSON NC-WAYNE NC-
415 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SAMPSON AND WAYNE COUNTIES UNTIL 515
PM EDT...

AT 414 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
GOLDSBORO TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELIZABETHTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOLDSBORO...CLINTON...MOUNT OLIVE...MOUNT OLIVE...WALNUT CREEK...
HARRELLS...ROSEBORO...PIKEVILLE...GARLAND AND SALEMBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER
INDOORS...AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE CAN PROVIDE SAFE SHELTER FROM
LIGHTNING. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND.

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LAT...LON 3462 7831 3467 7832 3484 7849 3504 7856
      3534 7820 3535 7815 3539 7815 3553 7798
      3554 7782 3543 7783 3538 7780 3534 7782
      3518 7783 3515 7790 3519 7802 3519 7816
      3490 7815 3474 7820 3471 7811 3460 7822
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 265DEG 18KT 3541 7793 3469 7852

GIH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 12:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	52 min
Jun 9, 12:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham, Granville, Wake	59 min
Jun 9, 1:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Stanly	51 min
Jun 9, 1:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph	59 min
Jun 9, 1:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery, Moore, Richmond	63 min
Jun 9, 2:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham	63 min
Jun 9, 2:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Wake	73 min
Jun 9, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	58 min
Jun 9, 6:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Sampson	3 hr
Jun 9, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	56 min
Jun 9, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	54 min
Jun 9, 7:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	3 hr
Jun 9, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	44 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

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.