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WWUS82 KRAH 161831
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
231 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
NCZ089-161900-
SAMPSON NC-
231 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN SAMPSON COUNTY
THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 230 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HARRELLS TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAGOON.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 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...
HARRELLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3460 7830 3463 7832 3464 7831 3465 7832
3467 7832 3468 7835 3469 7835 3470 7837
3471 7837 3472 7838 3493 7815 3490 7815
3474 7820 3472 7815 3460 7829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 189DEG 11KT 3476 7820 3468 7831
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
LH
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