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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 7, 2023Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2023, 6:33 PM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 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 7, 2023, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2023, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Wayne County, NC

The radar

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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 Jul 7, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 4:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 6:00 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 7, 6:14 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 6:18 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 7, 6:28 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
628 PM EDT Fri Jul 7 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0536 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Spring Hope             35.94N 78.11W
07/07/2023                   Nash               NC   Broadcast Media

            Large tree down near/on a house. Time
            estimated by radar.

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JJT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	25 min
Jul 6, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Bladen	44 min
Jul 7, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	44 min
Jul 7, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash	68 min
Jul 7, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	44 min
Jul 7, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	42 min
Jul 7, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	46 min
Jul 7, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Scotland	39 min
Jul 7, 3:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Richmond, Scotland	2 hr
Jul 7, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	50 min
Jul 7, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Scotland	48 min
Jul 7, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Richmond	40 min
Jul 7, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	32 min
Jul 7, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	32 min
Jul 7, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Richmond	26 min
Jul 7, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash	30 min
Jul 7, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Nash	52 min
Jul 7, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Scotland	48 min
Jul 7, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Wilson	49 min
Jul 7, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	45 min
Jul 7, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	42 min
Jul 7, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	38 min
Jul 7, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	40 min
Jul 7, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	52 min
Jul 7, 7:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Wayne	2 hr
Jul 7, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Wake	34 min
Jul 7, 7:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Wayne	2 hr
Jul 7, 7:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Wake	116 min

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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.