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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 28, 2025Harnett County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2025, 3:28 PM EDT for Harnett County, 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
Jul 28, 2025, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2025, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Harnett County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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
Jul 27, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax61 min
Jul 27, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Warren61 min
Jul 27, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Lee, Moore45 min
Jul 27, 9:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHAnson, Richmond3 hr
Jul 27, 10:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett20 min
Jul 27, 11:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston44 min
Jul 28, 12:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson, Wayne53 min
Jul 28, 1:57 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRAHAlamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Harnett and 12 more40 hr
Jul 28, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHarnett39 min

Nearby

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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.