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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 6, 2026Granville County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2026, 7:29 PM EDT for Granville County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2026, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2026, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Granville County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 5, 7:45 PM EDT, 23 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 7:45 PM EDT, 23 hours 44 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
Aug 6, 1:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Stanly	42 min
Aug 6, 1:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	38 min
Aug 6, 1:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	48 min
Aug 6, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Stanly	62 min
Aug 6, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Stanly	51 min
Aug 6, 5:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Anson, Stanly	115 min
Aug 6, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Montgomery, Randolph	62 min
Aug 6, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph	42 min
Aug 6, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Randolph	57 min
Aug 6, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph	63 min
Aug 6, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham	46 min
Aug 6, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Granville, Orange, Wake	40 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.