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WWUS82 KRAH 081845
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
245 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
NCZ009-010-081945-
VANCE NC-WARREN NC-
245 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN VANCE AND NORTHWESTERN
WARREN COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 245 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES NORTH OF HENDERSON, MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
NORLINA, TUNGSTEN, SATTERWHITE POINT MARINA, DREWRY, STEELE CREEK
MARINA & CAMPGROUND, BULLOCKSVILLE, KERR LAKE, WISE, AND JOHN H KERR
RESERVOIR.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 223 AND 233.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS ON THE OPEN WATER AND THOSE CAMPING OUTDOORS ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. SEEK HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AND
FIND SAFE SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
IF ON OR NEAR KERR 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! DO NOT
BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3653 7815 3642 7821 3643 7851 3646 7851
3651 7850 3652 7847 3654 7845 3655 7829
3654 7815
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 261DEG 11KT 3649 7842
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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