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WWUS82 KRAH 062233
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
633 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
NCZ022>025-039-040-075-062330-
GUILFORD NC-CHATHAM NC-DURHAM NC-ALAMANCE NC-RANDOLPH NC-ORANGE NC-
MOORE NC-
633 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN ALAMANCE
NORTH CENTRAL
MOORE...ORANGE...RANDOLPH...SOUTHERN GUILFORD...CHATHAM AND
SOUTHWESTERN DURHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...
AT 632 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF ASHEBORO TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GOLDSTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DURHAM, HIGH POINT, CHAPEL HILL, BURLINGTON, ASHEBORO, GRAHAM,
HILLSBOROUGH, RANDLEMAN, PITTSBORO, AND SILER CITY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 73 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 63 AND 93.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 79.
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 3594 8005 3613 7910 3610 7881 3555 7902
3561 7908 3562 7914 3556 7920 3557 7924
3553 7927 3556 7929 3554 7932 3547 7936
3541 7944 3551 7967 3562 8006
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 209DEG 14KT 3568 7993 3550 7942
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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