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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1143 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
NCZ007-008-023>025-040-041-076-111645-
LEE NC-CHATHAM NC-DURHAM NC-ALAMANCE NC-PERSON NC-WAKE NC-
GRANVILLE NC-ORANGE NC-
1143 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN ALAMANCE...PERSON
ORANGE...GRANVILLE...NORTHERN LEE...WAKE...EASTERN CHATHAM AND DURHAM
COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 PM EDT...
AT 1142 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HILLSBOROUGH TO 6
MILES SOUTH OF SANFORD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH, DURHAM, CARY, CHAPEL HILL, OXFORD, ROXBORO, HILLSBOROUGH,
CREEDMOOR, PITTSBORO, AND WAKE FOREST.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 AND 205.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 162, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 259 AND 310.
INTERSTATE 440 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.
INTERSTATE 540 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 24.
US 1 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 101.
THE DURHAM FREEWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 17.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THESE STORMS. IF ANY OF
THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND ROTATION STRENGTHENS, A WARNING MAY NEED TO
BE ISSUED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3610 7853 3602 7855 3601 7853 3568 7850
3561 7859 3557 7887 3558 7891 3556 7894
3551 7928 3624 7930 3625 7915 3654 7914
3654 7858
TIME...MOT...LOC 1542Z 222DEG 28KT 3615 7915 3538 7916
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
LH
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