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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 17, 2026, 1:21 AM EDT for Chatham County, Randolph County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 2026, 1:21 AM EDT (05:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2026, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Chatham County, NC, Randolph County, NC
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 11:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 12:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 12:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 59 min |
| Aug 17, 2:21 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Harnett and 13 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 54 min |
| Aug 17, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 54 min |
| Aug 17, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Guilford, Orange | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Wake | 66 min |
| Aug 17, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 80 min |
| Aug 17, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Orange | 63 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.