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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

December 6, 201824 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this winter storm watch at Dec 6, 2018, 3:41 PM EST for 24 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 9, 2018, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 6, 2018, 3:41 PM EST (20:41 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 9, 2018, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 8, 2018, 3:45 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
All 24 counties

Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham 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

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 61 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 Dec 6, 3:30 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 3:30 PM EST, 11 minutes before
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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.