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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Raleigh, NC

October 20, 20235 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 20, 2023, 6:51 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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
Oct 20, 2023, 6:51 PM EDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired
Oct 20, 2023, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 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 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 20, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson39 min
Oct 20, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston, Sampson, Wayne51 min
Oct 20, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham, Granville, Vance50 min
Oct 20, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Richmond39 min
Oct 20, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Randolph, Stanly59 min
Oct 20, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHForsyth, Guilford55 min
Oct 20, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHoke60 min
Oct 20, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond38 min
Oct 20, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance, Guilford, Randolph31 min
Oct 20, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham, Lee55 min
Oct 20, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Hoke, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne53 min
Oct 20, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham, Durham, Lee, Orange, Wake59 min
Oct 20, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Sampson, Wayne44 min
Oct 20, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wake and 2 more62 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.