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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2023, 2:43 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 14, 2023, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2023, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chatham County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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 Aug 14, 10:20 AM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 10:20 AM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:22 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
222 PM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023
NCZ007>009-141915-
Vance NC-Person NC-Granville NC-
222 PM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Person, Vance and
Granville Counties through 315 PM EDT...
At 221 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Roxboro, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. Roxboro also recently reported a wind gust
of 36 mph.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Henderson, Oxford, Roxboro, Stovall, Middleburg, Gillburg, Mayo
Reservoir, Steele Creek Marina & Campground, Kerr Lake and South
Henderson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3632 7828 3627 7831 3623 7880 3624 7880
3624 7915 3640 7914 3654 7885 3654 7832
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 257DEG 28KT 3634 7889
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JDSpecial weather statement, Aug 14, 2:25 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
225 PM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023
NCZ040>042-075>077-086-088-141915-
Lee NC-Johnston NC-Chatham NC-Hoke NC-Harnett NC-Wake NC-Moore NC-
Cumberland NC-
225 PM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of central Moore,
Harnett, Cumberland, Lee, southwestern Wake, western Johnston,
northern Hoke and southeastern Chatham Counties through 315 PM EDT...
At 225 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles east of Sanford to near Southern Pines.
Movement was east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Fayetteville, Sanford, Southern Pines, Raeford, Lillington, Carthage,
Fort Liberty, Garner, Fuquay-Varina and Clayton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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.
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LAT...LON 3495 7903 3494 7905 3510 7958 3516 7961
3559 7925 3573 7826 3488 7886
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 258DEG 24KT 3553 7903 3517 7935
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JJTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville, Person, Vance | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett | 66 min |
| Aug 14, 3:31 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 17 more | 26 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 58 min |
| Aug 14, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren | 58 min |
| Aug 14, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland | 39 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.