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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2026, 2:21 PM EDT for Davidson County, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was in force for 69 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 14, 2026, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Davidson County, NC, Forsyth County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 13, 7:10 PM EDT, 19 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 7:10 PM EDT, 19 hours 11 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 |
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| Aug 14, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 73 min |
| Aug 14, 1:48 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RAH | Anson, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee and 7 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville | 61 min |
| Aug 14, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Orange | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville | 54 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.