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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2025, 5:24 PM EDT for Durham County, Orange County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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 17, 2025, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2025, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Durham County, NC, Orange County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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 Jul 16, 6:45 PM EDT, 22 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 6:45 PM EDT, 22 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 1:43 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 19 more | 30 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 57 min |
| Jul 17, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Richmond | 79 min |
| Jul 17, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 77 min |
| Jul 17, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Moore, Randolph | 37 min |
| Jul 17, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 58 min |
| Jul 17, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Orange | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 112 min |
| Jul 17, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville | 43 min |
| Jul 17, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Nash | 43 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.