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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2026, 9:31 AM EDT for Davidson County, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 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 21, 2026, 9:31 AM EDT (13:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Davidson County, NC, Forsyth County, NC
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NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 21, 8:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 8:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 7:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 21, 2:13 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Harnett and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 91 min |
| Aug 21, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Richmond | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke | 55 min |
| Aug 21, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 1:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 92 min |
| Aug 21, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 2:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 3:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 65 min |
| Aug 21, 3:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 52 min |
| Aug 21, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Scotland | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Stanly | 64 min |
| Aug 21, 5:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and 2 more | 67 min |
| Aug 21, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange, Randolph | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 38 min |
| Aug 21, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville, Vance, Warren | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Harnett, Wake | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 7:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Granville, Person, Vance | 3 hr |
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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.