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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 22, 2016Alamance County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2016, 7:39 PM EDT for Alamance 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.

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The facts

Issued
May 22, 2016, 7:39 PM EDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

County Alamance County, NC

The radar

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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 22, 3:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 3:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 5:00 AM EDT, 14 hours 39 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 22, 7:13 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
713 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2016

NCZ086-088-222330-
CUMBERLAND   NC-HOKE   NC-
713 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN HOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 712 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
RAEFORD...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOPE MILLS AND ROCKFISH.

LAT...LON 3502 7919 3504 7901 3492 7896 3495 7904
      3484 7919
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 348DEG 23KT 3496 7911

GIH
Special weather statement, May 22, 7:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
739 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2016

NCZ022>024-230030-
GUILFORD   NC-ORANGE   NC-ALAMANCE   NC-
739 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2016

 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
GUILFORD...WEST CENTRAL ORANGE AND ALAMANCE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM
EDT...

AT 739 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
QUICK...OR NEAR CAMP SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...MEBANE...ELON COLLEGE...GIBSONVILLE...HAW RIVER...
SWEPSONVILLE...ALAMANCE...LAKE MACKINTOSH MARINA AND UNION RIDGE.

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.

DONT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND. MAKE
SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3624 7928 3603 7911 3589 7949 3624 7962
      3624 7953 3625 7953
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 335DEG 30KT 3636 7953

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 8:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland63 min
May 22, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHoke17 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.