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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 1, 2023Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2023, 4:18 PM EDT for Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2023, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2023, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Robeson County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 31, 5:46 PM EDT, 22 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 5:46 PM EDT, 22 hours 32 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 8:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		55 min
Jul 31, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		29 min
Aug 1, 3:59 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	21 hr
Aug 1, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	New Hanover	61 min
Aug 1, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marlboro	55 min
Aug 1, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	25 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2023 Every special weather statement in 2023

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.