039
WWUS82 KRAH 111944
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
344 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2026
NCZ007-008-022>025-040-112100-
GUILFORD NC-CHATHAM NC-DURHAM NC-ALAMANCE NC-PERSON NC-GRANVILLE NC-
ORANGE NC-
344 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT PORTIONS OF ALAMANCE
SOUTHERN
PERSON... ORANGE...SOUTHWESTERN GRANVILLE...NORTHEASTERN GUILFORD...
NORTHEASTERN CHATHAM AND DURHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 343 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR REIDSVILLE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DURHAM, CHAPEL HILL, BURLINGTON, GRAHAM, HILLSBOROUGH, CREEDMOOR,
CARRBORO, MEBANE, BUTNER, AND ELON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 AND 194.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 162, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 259 AND 280.
THE DURHAM FREEWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 17.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
DONT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER.
LAT...LON 3626 7883 3612 7853 3602 7855 3608 7869
3607 7875 3603 7875 3601 7870 3593 7874
3593 7880 3591 7882 3576 7918 3624 7982
3624 7915 3635 7915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 297DEG 27KT 3638 7963
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
PWB
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