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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 28, 2020Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2020, 4:16 PM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 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, 2020, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2020, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC

County Wayne 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, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 4:38 AM EDT, 11 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:28 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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, 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 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, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Wake	65 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.