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WWUS82 KRAH 300315
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1115 PM EDT WED APR 29 2026
NCZ041-042-300415-
JOHNSTON NC-WAKE NC-
1115 PM EDT WED APR 29 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN WAKE AND NORTHWESTERN
JOHNSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 AM EDT...
AT 1115 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CARY TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RDU
INTERNATIONAL TO 9 MILES EAST OF PITTSBORO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA 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...
RALEIGH, CARY, SMITHFIELD, GARNER, FUQUAY-VARINA, CLAYTON, RDU
INTERNATIONAL, APEX, HOLLY SPRINGS, AND MORRISVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 283 AND 317.
INTERSTATE 440 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.
INTERSTATE 540 NEAR MILE MARKER 1, AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND
24.
US 1 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 101.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3571 7821 3554 7828 3552 7868 3566 7898
3578 7894 3587 7884 3587 7883 3589 7882
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 291DEG 30KT 3582 7881 3574 7887 3570 7901
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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