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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 8, 2023Harnett County, Johnston County, Wake County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2023, 3:07 PM EDT for Harnett County, Johnston County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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
Sep 8, 2023, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2023, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Wake County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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 Sep 8, 3:06 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 3:06 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 2:28 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 8, 9:39 AM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 8, 9:41 AM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 8, 2:16 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 8, 2:18 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 8, 2:47 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 8, 3:03 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHStanly45 min
Sep 7, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth45 min
Sep 7, 9:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth, Guilford66 min
Sep 8, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland48 min
Sep 8, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHarnett44 min
Sep 8, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson42 min
Sep 8, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson43 min
Sep 8, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston42 min
Sep 8, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne59 min
Sep 8, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne42 min
Sep 8, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston, Wake39 min
Sep 8, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHNash, Wilson48 min
Sep 8, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Wake44 min
Sep 8, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHNash, Wilson40 min
Sep 8, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne, Wilson38 min
Sep 8, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHPerson49 min
Sep 8, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Granville54 min
Sep 8, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson50 min
Sep 8, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Wake45 min
Sep 8, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash38 min
Sep 8, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren52 min
Sep 8, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHPerson26 min
Sep 8, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax26 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.