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WWUS82 KRAH 122327
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
727 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
NCZ040>042-076-077-130030-
LEE NC-JOHNSTON NC-CHATHAM NC-HARNETT NC-WAKE NC-
727 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN HARNETT
NORTHEASTERN LEE...SOUTHWESTERN WAKE...SOUTHERN JOHNSTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT...
AT 727 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR GARNER TO
FUQUAY-VARINA TO 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANFORD. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...
SMITHFIELD, LILLINGTON, GARNER, FUQUAY-VARINA, DUNN, ANGIER, BENSON,
APEX, HOLLY SPRINGS, AND ERWIN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95 AND 70.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 308 AND 336.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3558 7910 3568 7886 3572 7864 3542 7816
3527 7850 3531 7854 3532 7854 3530 7858
3527 7858 3525 7863
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 313DEG 15KT 3565 7868 3562 7880 3556 7897
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
LH
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