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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 1, 20237 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2023, 6:05 PM EDT for 7 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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 1, 2023, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2023, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Wake 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 1, 3:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 3:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:28 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:32 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:46 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:50 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:55 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 9:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	2 hr
Jun 30, 9:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Durham, Orange	3 hr
Jun 30, 9:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Durham	4 hr
Jun 30, 10:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham	43 min
Jun 30, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake	38 min
Jun 30, 10:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Lee	36 min
Jun 30, 11:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee	61 min
Jul 1, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	65 min
Jul 1, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore	34 min
Jul 1, 3:26 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 19 more	29 hr
Jul 1, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore	48 min
Jul 1, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Guilford, Orange, Person	40 min
Jul 1, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford, Orange	45 min
Jul 1, 4:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Moore	55 min
Jul 1, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke	31 min
Jul 1, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph	51 min
Jul 1, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Randolph	34 min
Jul 1, 5:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Guilford, Orange	61 min
Jul 1, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Harnett, Lee, Wake	50 min
Jul 1, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Guilford	47 min
Jul 1, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee, Randolph	59 min
Jul 1, 6:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Lee, Randolph	3 hr
Jul 1, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Moore, Randolph	53 min
Jul 1, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Lee	61 min
Jul 1, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Randolph	24 min
Jul 1, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Moore, Randolph	29 min
Jul 1, 7:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph	3 hr
Jul 1, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson, Scotland	55 min
Jul 1, 7:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee and 4 more	3 hr

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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.