800
WFUS52 KRAH 161436
TORRAH
NCC123-125-151-167-161500-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0002.260316T1436Z-260316T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1036 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
EAST CENTRAL STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.
* AT 1036 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BADIN LAKE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BADIN LAKE AROUND 1040 AM EDT.
SEAGROVE AROUND 1050 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
STEEDS, ELDORADO, STAR, ULAH, AND MORROW MOUNTAIN STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 73 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 71.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO, AS A LAST RESORT, EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT, OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3551 8010 3551 8007 3559 8006 3575 7956
3552 7956 3551 7955 3540 7954 3531 8011
TIME...MOT...LOC 1436Z 243DEG 44KT 3543 8008
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
GIH
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