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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 16, 2016Edgecombe County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2016, 11:29 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 76 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 2016, 11:29 PM EDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2016, 12:45 AM EDT
In force: 76 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Wilson County, NC

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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 Jul 16, 10:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 10:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 3:47 AM EDT, 19 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
347 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-170800-
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-
347 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

STRONG STORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 11:04 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 11:06 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 11:07 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 11:22 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 11:24 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 11:29 PM EDT, 0 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
Jul 16, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Wake	52 min
Jul 16, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Scotland	64 min
Jul 16, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	43 min
Jul 16, 9:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Franklin	112 min
Jul 16, 9:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Orange	2 hr
Jul 16, 9:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	3 hr
Jul 16, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne	64 min
Jul 16, 10:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	RAH	Durham, Wake	3 hr
Jul 16, 10:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	23 min
Jul 16, 10:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson	3 hr
Jul 16, 11:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	9 hr
Jul 17, 12:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Orange and 1 more	9 hr
Jul 17, 1:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland	81 min
Jul 17, 8:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	9 hr
Jul 17, 9:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RAH	Wake	3 hr
Jul 17, 9:40 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	26 hr
Jul 17, 4:19 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RAH	Johnston	55 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2016 Every special weather statement 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.