441  
WWUS72 KRAH 180614  
NPWRAH  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
214 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026  
 
NCZ008>011-024>028-040>043-075>078-085-086-088-089-182100-  
/O.NEW.KRAH.HT.Y.0005.260618T1500Z-260619T0000Z/  
GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-  
EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-  
SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OXFORD, ROUGEMONT, LOUISBURG, KNIGHTDALE,  
APEX, CARRBORO, ENFIELD, WAGRAM, DUNN, ERWIN, CHAPEL HILL, HOPE  
MILLS, HILLSBOROUGH, HENDERSON, CARY, SPRING HOPE, FRANKLINTON,  
CREEDMOOR, CLAYTON, ROSEBORO, SOUTHERN PINES, WILSON,  
PRINCEVILLE, SANFORD, BUIES CREEK, NORLINA, RALEIGH, ANGIER,  
KITTRELL, PINEHURST, PITTSBORO, CAMP MACKALL, WAKE FOREST,  
CARTHAGE, FAYETTEVILLE, DURHAM, CLINTON, GOLDSBORO, WARRENTON,  
SELMA, RAEFORD, LILLINGTON, ROCKY MOUNT, SPRING LAKE, SILER CITY,  
ROANOKE RAPIDS, NASHVILLE, TARBORO, ABERDEEN, SMITHFIELD,  
SCOTLAND NECK, AND LAURINBURG  
214 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026  
 
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 104 TO 108 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...THE EASTERN PIEDMONT, SANDHILLS, AND COASTAL PLAIN.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT  
ILLNESSES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF  
THE SUN, AND CHECK ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.  
 
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUTSIDE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE  
FITTING CLOTHING. TRY TO LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING  
OR EVENING. TAKE ACTION WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION OR  
HEAT STROKE.  
 

 
 

 
 
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