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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2025, 3:56 PM EDT for 5 counties in 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
- Jul 31, 2025, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2025, 4:34 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chatham County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Randolph County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 56 min |
| Jul 31, 1:44 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke and 8 more | 18 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 55 min |
| Jul 31, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Richmond | 64 min |
| Jul 31, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke | 26 min |
| Jul 31, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Scotland | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 5:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Stanly | 91 min |
| Jul 31, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson | 39 min |
| Jul 31, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 30 min |
| Jul 31, 6:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 59 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.