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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
752 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
NCZ074>077-083>086-088-089-130045-
SCOTLAND NC-ANSON NC-RICHMOND NC-LEE NC-HOKE NC-SAMPSON NC-
HARNETT NC-MONTGOMERY NC-MOORE NC-CUMBERLAND NC-
752 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MOORE...SCOTLAND
CENTRAL SAMPSON...NORTHEASTERN ANSON...SOUTHWESTERN HARNETT...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...RICHMOND...CUMBERLAND...SOUTHWESTERN LEE
AND HOKE COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EDT...
AT 751 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF SANFORD TO
NEAR SOUTHERN PINES TO 7 MILES EAST OF ANSONVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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...
FAYETTEVILLE, SANFORD, LAURINBURG, SOUTHERN PINES, ROCKINGHAM,
CLINTON, RAEFORD, CARTHAGE, FORT BRAGG, AND PINEHURST.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 41.
US 1 NEAR MILE MARKER 69.
INTERSTATE 73 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 39.
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.
VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF SOME OF
THESE STORMS. PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS, STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS, AND MINOR FLOODING
OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA
CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.
LAT...LON 3485 7850 3483 7890 3490 7894 3495 7904
3483 7919 3484 7935 3477 7933 3463 7947
3480 7968 3481 7980 3512 8020 3528 7949
3552 7921 3487 7815 3474 7820 3471 7811
3455 7825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 285DEG 11KT 3536 7918 3521 7934 3507 7998
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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