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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2020, 4:25 PM EDT for Franklin County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 65 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
- Jul 28, 2020, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2020, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Franklin County, NC, Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Jul 28, 4:15 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 4:15 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Raleigh NC 328 PM EDT Tue Jul 28 2020 NCZ010-011-026-027-282030- Nash NC-Franklin NC-Warren NC-Halifax NC- 328 PM EDT Tue Jul 28 2020 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN NASH...SOUTHEASTERN WARREN...WEST CENTRAL HALIFAX AND NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... At 327 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14 miles east of Louisburg, moving northeast at 20 mph. Wind gusts up to 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Enfield, Castalia, Centerville, Glenview, Arcola, Medoc Mountain State Park, Aventon and Airlie. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Dont wait until you see the first lightning flash before heading to safety. Move indoors at the first sign of threatening skies or the first sound of thunder. Deadly lightning strikes can occur well ahead of an approaching storm, prior to the arrival of rain and wind. Make sure that lightning is well away from your location before resuming outdoor activity. && LAT...LON 3599 7814 3616 7829 3639 7787 3618 7766 TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 241DEG 18KT 3617 7805 JJT
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 4:16 PM EDT, 9 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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| Jul 28, 3:41 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke and 11 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke | 66 min |
| Jul 28, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Nash | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 67 min |
| Jul 28, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett | 57 min |
| Jul 28, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 64 min |
| Jul 28, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake, Warren | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 64 min |
| Jul 28, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 68 min |
| Jul 28, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 7:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Johnston, Wilson | 3 hr |
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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.