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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this winter storm watch at Jan 20, 2016, 3:44 PM EST for 26 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 22, 2016, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2016, 3:44 PM EST (20:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2016, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2016, 4:52 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
All 26 counties
Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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 winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 20, 12:45 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 12:45 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jan 20, 10:25 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin and 10 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 20, 6:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 56 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.