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WWUS82 KRAH 161836
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
236 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
NCZ011-027-028-043-161930-
EDGECOMBE NC-NASH NC-HALIFAX NC-WILSON NC-
236 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL NASH...EDGECOMBE
HALIFAX AND CENTRAL WILSON COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 235 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ROANOKE RAPIDS TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
DORTCHES TO NEAR BAILEY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKY MOUNT, ROANOKE RAPIDS, TARBORO, NASHVILLE, HALIFAX, WILSON,
SCOTLAND NECK, ELM CITY, DORTCHES, AND BAILEY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 173 AND 116.
NC HIGHWAY 264 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 43, NEAR MILE MARKER 46,
AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 50.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK AREAS OF ROTATION WITH THIS LINE OF
STORMS. IF THE STORM INTENSIFIES AND ROTATION STRENGTHENS, A WARNING
MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3609 7731 3600 7741 3590 7734 3582 7735
3583 7739 3580 7747 3569 7764 3567 7789
3571 7816 3648 7769 3648 7765 3641 7755
3634 7759 3632 7757 3630 7754 3632 7744
3624 7738 3621 7738 3616 7727 3610 7723
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 244DEG 22KT 3645 7763 3611 7783 3578 7807
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
CA
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