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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 28, 2018Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2018, 9:47 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2018, 9:47 PM EDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2018, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

County Cumberland 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 28, 9:35 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 9:35 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 10:33 AM EDT, 11 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1033 AM EDT Sat Jul 28 2018

NCZ021>023-038-039-073-074-083-084-290945-
Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance-Davidson-Randolph-Stanly-Montgomery-Anson-
Richmond-
1033 AM EDT Sat Jul 28 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

An unsettled and wetter than average pattern over the Appalachians
and eastern U.S. may result in episodes of heavy rainfall and
flooding in central NC Sunday through Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ007>011-024>028-040>043-075>078-085-086-088-089-290945-
Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-
Edgecombe-Chatham-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-
Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson-
1033 AM EDT Sat Jul 28 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

A very moist and unstable air mass will provide an atmosphere ripe
for the development of scattered showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon through this evening. Thanks to relatively light steering
winds, the heavier showers and storms will produce locally excessive
rainfall. Rainfall amounts of up to two inches in less than an hour may
occur with the stronger storms. This will lead to flooding of
streets and poor drainage areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

An unsettled and wetter than average pattern over the Appalachians
and eastern U.S. may result in episodes of heavy rainfall and
flooding in central NC Sunday through Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 7:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Local storm report, Jul 28, 8:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 8:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 8:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:03 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:47 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWarren65 min
Jul 28, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHBladen63 min
Jul 28, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland27 min
Jul 28, 10:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHCumberland3 hr
Jul 28, 10:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson62 min
Jul 29, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson39 min
Jul 29, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRichmond35 min
Jul 29, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson32 min
Jul 29, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson36 min
Jul 29, 4:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHRichmond116 min
Jul 29, 4:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHSampson, Wayne115 min
Jul 29, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson59 min
Jul 29, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston, Wayne61 min
Jul 29, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWilson61 min
Jul 29, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland25 min
Jul 29, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake26 min
Jul 29, 6:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHChatham, Durham, Orange, Wake2 hr
Jul 29, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax61 min
Jul 29, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham32 min
Jul 29, 7:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHDurham3 hr
Jul 29, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham32 min
Jul 29, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWarren37 min
Jul 29, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson49 min
Jul 29, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham46 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.