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WWUS82 KRAH 161905  
SPSRAH  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
305 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
NCZ089-162000-  
SAMPSON NC-  
305 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT  
SOUTHEASTERN SAMPSON COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT...  
 
AT 301 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF TRAINING  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS OVER  
SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY, WITH INDIVIDUAL SHOWER AND STORM MOTIONS TO  
THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING, AND  
GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
HARRELLS, TURKEY, AND IVANHOE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO  
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3460 7830 3461 7831 3464 7831 3467 7832  
3471 7837 3504 7816 3490 7815 3474 7820  
3472 7816 3462 7822 3458 7827  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 214DEG 45KT 3478 7823  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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