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WWUS82 KRAH 162021
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
421 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
NCZ021-022-038-039-073>075-083-084-162115-
GUILFORD NC-STANLY NC-ANSON NC-RICHMOND NC-FORSYTH NC-RANDOLPH NC-
DAVIDSON NC-MONTGOMERY NC-MOORE NC-
421 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT FORSYTH...NORTHWESTERN MOORE
DAVIDSON...ANSON...MONTGOMERY...RICHMOND...RANDOLPH...STANLY AND
GUILFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 421 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM HARMONY TO NEAR FAIRVIEW IN UNION COUNTY TO
MONROE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
GREENSBORO, WINSTON-SALEM, HIGH POINT, ASHEBORO, LEXINGTON,
ALBEMARLE, ROCKINGHAM, WADESBORO, RANDLEMAN, AND TROY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 35, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 84 AND 128.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 182 AND 224.
INTERSTATE 73 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 103.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 79.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3550 8030 3552 8018 3572 8033 3574 8046
3583 8049 3584 8039 3588 8042 3589 8037
3601 8042 3608 8052 3614 8044 3626 8045
3625 7977 3565 7959 3481 7967 3480 7969
3482 8032 3519 8028 3516 8044 3519 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 238DEG 46KT 3597 8078 3518 8053 3496 8055
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
LH
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