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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
916 PM EDT WED APR 29 2026
NCZ007-008-022>024-300215-
GUILFORD NC-ALAMANCE NC-PERSON NC-GRANVILLE NC-ORANGE NC-
916 PM EDT WED APR 29 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN ALAMANCE...PERSON
NORTHERN ORANGE...NORTHWESTERN GRANVILLE AND NORTHERN GUILFORD
COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT...
AT 915 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ELMO TO NEAR WENTWORTH TO PINE HALL.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENSBORO, BURLINGTON, GRAHAM, ROXBORO, MEBANE, ELON, MCLEANSVILLE,
CONCORD, SUMMERFIELD, AND GIBSONVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 131.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 155, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 221 AND 226.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3630 7883 3607 7926 3602 7977 3622 8004
3626 8004 3624 7915 3654 7914 3654 7859
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 306DEG 28KT 3661 7918 3636 7973 3631 8003
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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