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WWUS52 KRAH 162302
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
702 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
NCC037-093-135-145-162312-
/O.CAN.KRAH.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-260316T2345Z/
PERSON NC-ORANGE NC-HOKE NC-CHATHAM NC-
702 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PERSON...EASTERN ORANGE...EAST
CENTRAL HOKE AND EASTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3483 7890 3545 7876 3642 7875 3654 7879
3654 7814 3575 7813 3573 7819 3563 7814
3465 7832 3485 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 244DEG 38KT 3679 7877 3647 7861 3548 7859 3482
7876
NCC051-063-069-077-085-101-127-163-181-183-185-191-162345-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-260316T2345Z/
WAYNE NC-VANCE NC-WARREN NC-NASH NC-SAMPSON NC-HARNETT NC-
GRANVILLE NC-CUMBERLAND NC-WAKE NC-JOHNSTON NC-DURHAM NC-FRANKLIN NC-
702 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE...VANCE...WESTERN WARREN...SOUTHWESTERN
NASH...SAMPSON...EASTERN HARNETT...GRANVILLE...CENTRAL CUMBERLAND...
WAKE...JOHNSTON...EAST CENTRAL DURHAM AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
AT 702 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SCOTTSBURG TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF CLARKSVILLE TO 7
MILES NORTH OF BENSON TO NEAR JEROME, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH, FAYETTEVILLE, CARY, HENDERSON, SMITHFIELD, CLINTON, OXFORD,
CREEDMOOR, LOUISBURG, AND WARRENTON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 46.
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 188 AND 233.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 288 AND 351.
INTERSTATE 440 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.
INTERSTATE 540 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 24.
US 1 NEAR MILE MARKER 101.
NC HIGHWAY 264 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 29.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3483 7890 3545 7876 3642 7875 3654 7879
3654 7814 3575 7813 3573 7819 3563 7814
3465 7832 3485 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 244DEG 38KT 3679 7877 3647 7861 3548 7859 3482
7876
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
LH
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