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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 12, 2019Davidson County, Forsyth County, Guilford County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2019, 9:32 PM EDT for Davidson County, Forsyth County, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2019, 9:32 PM EDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2019, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Davidson County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Guilford County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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 severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 12, 8:56 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 8:56 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 8:33 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 8:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 12, 9:15 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGuilford55 min
May 12, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson60 min
May 13, 9:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake53 min
May 13, 9:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Franklin, Wake47 min
May 13, 9:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake48 min
May 13, 10:13 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHFranklin, Nash, Wake32 min
May 13, 10:22 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHJohnston, Nash, Wilson21 min
May 13, 10:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Wake40 min
May 13, 10:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe, Nash59 min
May 13, 11:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWilson58 min
May 13, 11:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Nash, Wilson44 min
May 13, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham54 min
May 13, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake39 min
May 13, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Wake49 min
May 13, 1:55 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHJohnston, Wayne, Wilson35 min
May 13, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne, Wilson18 min
May 13, 2:36 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWayne, Wilson9 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.