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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
758 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
NCZ008-025>027-041-043-130100-
NASH NC-FRANKLIN NC-DURHAM NC-WAKE NC-GRANVILLE NC-WILSON NC-
758 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN NASH
SOUTHERN
GRANVILLE...CENTRAL WAKE...NORTHWESTERN WILSON...SOUTHERN DURHAM AND
FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT...
AT 758 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF NASHVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
LOUISBURG TO NEAR WAKE FOREST TO 6 MILES EAST OF DURHAM. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST 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, CARY, NASHVILLE, CREEDMOOR, LOUISBURG, WILSON, WAKE
FOREST, BUTNER, AND ZEBULON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 127 AND 119.
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 188.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 278 AND 301.
INTERSTATE 440 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 15.
INTERSTATE 540 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 24.
US 1 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95 AND 101.
NC HIGHWAY 264 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 37.
THE DURHAM FREEWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 15.
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 3608 7796 3573 7792 3577 7824 3582 7826
3578 7833 3579 7845 3570 7884 3608 7896
3615 7852
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 336DEG 8KT 3600 7808 3602 7834 3603 7859 3598
7880
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
LH
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