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Heat Advisory 12, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 17, 201611 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this heat advisory at Aug 17, 2016, 3:48 AM EDT for 11 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Aug 17, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2016, 3:48 AM EDT (07:48 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 17, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 17, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Cumberland County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Nash County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 17, 3:33 AM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 3:33 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 8:22 PM EDT, 7 hours 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 2:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHLee, Moore2 hr
Aug 17, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHOrange31 min
Aug 17, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHLee32 min
Aug 17, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRandolph33 min
Aug 17, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMoore21 min
Aug 17, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax31 min
Aug 17, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake30 min
Aug 17, 5:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHForsyth3 hr
Aug 17, 5:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHStanly3 hr
Aug 17, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson24 min
Aug 17, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth47 min
Aug 17, 5:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHGuilford3 hr
Aug 17, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGuilford45 min
Aug 17, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance37 min
Aug 17, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHPerson36 min
Aug 17, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWarren32 min
Aug 17, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHPerson42 min
Aug 17, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax30 min
Aug 17, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax44 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in North Carolina, 2016Every heat advisory in 2016

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.