500  
WWUS82 KRAH 122310  
SPSRAH  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
710 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026  
 
NCZ008>010-024>026-041-130015-  
FRANKLIN NC-VANCE NC-DURHAM NC-WARREN NC-WAKE NC-GRANVILLE NC-  
ORANGE NC-  
710 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN VANCE  
SOUTHWESTERN  
WARREN...ORANGE...SOUTHERN GRANVILLE...NORTH CENTRAL WAKE...DURHAM  
AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...  
 
AT 709 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF  
LOUISBURG TO CREEDMOOR TO NEAR HILLSBOROUGH. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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, DURHAM, CHAPEL HILL, HILLSBOROUGH, CREEDMOOR, LOUISBURG,  
WAKE FOREST, CARRBORO, BUTNER, AND FRANKLINTON.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 AND 200.  
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 157 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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3606 7810 3602 7813 3586 7906 3588 7923  
3615 7925 3632 7821  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 355DEG 9KT 3619 7823 3612 7869 3605 7915  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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