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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1129 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
NCZ007-008-023>025-040-041-075>077-161630-
LEE NC-CHATHAM NC-DURHAM NC-ALAMANCE NC-HARNETT NC-PERSON NC-WAKE NC-
ORANGE NC-GRANVILLE NC-MOORE NC-
1129 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ALAMANCE...NORTHWESTERN MOORE
PERSON...ORANGE...NORTHWESTERN HARNETT...GRANVILLE...LEE...WESTERN
WAKE...DURHAM AND CHATHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 PM EDT...
AT 1129 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BAYNES TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PITTSBORO
TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARTHAGE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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, BURLINGTON, SANFORD, GRAHAM,
ROXBORO, HILLSBOROUGH, AND CREEDMOOR.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 AND 201.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 162, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 259 AND 296.
INTERSTATE 440 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.
INTERSTATE 540 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14.
US 1 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 101.
THE DURHAM FREEWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 17.
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 3654 7863 3592 7859 3540 7884 3540 7970
3551 7963 3552 7955 3564 7953 3578 7946
3625 7945 3624 7915 3654 7914
TIME...MOT...LOC 1529Z 245DEG 46KT 3628 7926 3581 7923 3540 7953
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
LH
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