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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 12, 2016Stanly County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at May 12, 2016, 4:09 PM EDT for Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 51 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: May 12, 2016, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Stanly County, NC

The radar

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The text

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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 May 11, 7:59 PM EDT, 20 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 7:59 PM EDT, 20 hours 10 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
May 12, 3:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson	78 min
May 12, 4:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery	65 min
May 12, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland	59 min
May 12, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke	50 min
May 12, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke	48 min
May 12, 2:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke	119 min
May 12, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Scotland	49 min
May 12, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	51 min
May 12, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Bladen	48 min
May 12, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson	49 min
May 12, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery	46 min
May 12, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	50 min
May 12, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	45 min
May 12, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore	45 min
May 12, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Moore, Randolph	51 min
May 12, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Randolph	34 min
May 12, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	62 min
May 12, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth	47 min
May 12, 6:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	2 hr
May 12, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford	37 min
May 12, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	61 min
May 12, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee	29 min
May 12, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance	33 min
May 12, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance	26 min
May 12, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford	53 min
May 12, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	27 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.