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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
714 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
NCZ024-025-040-041-070000-
CHATHAM NC-DURHAM NC-WAKE NC-ORANGE NC-
714 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE
NORTHWESTERN WAKE...NORTHEASTERN CHATHAM AND DURHAM COUNTIES THROUGH
800 PM EDT...
AT 713 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES WEST OF CARY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH, DURHAM, CARY, CHAPEL HILL, RDU INTERNATIONAL, APEX,
MORRISVILLE, CROSSWINDS BOATING CENTER, FALLS LAKE STATE REC AREA,
AND CROSSWINDS CAMPGROUND.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 171 AND 184.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 269 AND 291.
INTERSTATE 540 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14.
US 1 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 91.
THE DURHAM FREEWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 17.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR JORDAN LAKE, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW!
LAT...LON 3609 7880 3608 7880 3609 7879 3607 7878
3607 7874 3591 7857 3566 7893 3574 7906
3615 7898
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 218DEG 19KT 3577 7897
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
GIH
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