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Heat Advisory 5, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 20, 201719 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this heat advisory at Jul 20, 2017, 9:27 PM EDT for 19 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jul 21, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2017, 9:27 PM EDT (01:27 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 21, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 21, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

Counties Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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 Jul 20, 9:27 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 9:27 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 21, 3:03 PM EDT	Excessive Heat Watch	RAH	Cumberland, Wake	24 hr
Jul 21, 3:03 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe and 23 more	52 hr
Jul 21, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wilson	66 min
Jul 21, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	64 min
Jul 21, 4:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland	3 hr
Jul 21, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston, Wilson	54 min
Jul 21, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Scotland	40 min
Jul 21, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person	66 min
Jul 21, 6:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Hoke	3 hr

Nearby

Heat Advisories in North Carolina, 2017 Every heat advisory in 2017

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.