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WWUS82 KRAH 161624
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1224 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
NCZ025-026-040>042-076-077-161730-
LEE NC-JOHNSTON NC-CHATHAM NC-FRANKLIN NC-DURHAM NC-HARNETT NC-
WAKE NC-
1224 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN HARNETT
NORTHEASTERN LEE...WAKE...NORTHWESTERN JOHNSTON...SOUTHEASTERN
DURHAM...EASTERN CHATHAM AND SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH
130 PM EDT...
AT 1224 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CARY TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FUQUAY-VARINA TO NEAR SANFORD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 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, SANFORD, WAKE FOREST, GARNER, FUQUAY-VARINA,
CLAYTON, ANGIER, AND RDU INTERNATIONAL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 275 AND 323.
INTERSTATE 440 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.
INTERSTATE 540 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 24.
US 1 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 101.
THE DURHAM FREEWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 11.
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 3599 7831 3545 7850 3546 7921 3568 7905
3600 7891
TIME...MOT...LOC 1624Z 247DEG 22KT 3581 7889 3572 7894 3549 7912
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
LH
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