953
WWUS82 KRAH 161345
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
945 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
NCZ042-077-088-089-161430-
JOHNSTON NC-SAMPSON NC-HARNETT NC-CUMBERLAND NC-
945 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
..GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON
SOUTHEASTERN
HARNETT...NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1030
AM EDT...
AT 944 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING GUSTY SHOWERS BETWEEN
FAYETTEVILLE AND SMITHFIELD, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE, SMITHFIELD, CLAYTON, DUNN, BENSON, GODWIN, MICRO,
SELMA, ERWIN, AND EASTOVER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 52.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 316 AND 342.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3511 7893 3522 7888 3570 7847 3582 7826
3576 7824 3573 7821 3573 7819 3571 7816
3561 7813 3558 7807 3542 7816 3539 7814
3537 7816 3535 7816 3532 7829 3528 7830
3500 7865 3493 7869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1344Z 221DEG 48KT 3514 7870
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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