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WWUS82 KRAH 082040
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
440 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
NCZ007-023>025-082145-
DURHAM NC-ALAMANCE NC-PERSON NC-ORANGE NC-
440 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
...A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN
ALAMANCE...PERSON... ORANGE AND NORTHWESTERN DURHAM COUNTIES THROUGH
545 PM EDT...
AT 438 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
NEAR ELON EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO NEAR YANCEYVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DURHAM, BURLINGTON, GRAHAM, ROXBORO, HILLSBOROUGH, MEBANE, ELON,
ROUGEMONT, CONCORD, AND GIBSONVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 AND 183.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 140 AND 162, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 259 AND 262.
THE DURHAM FREEWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 17.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3601 7880 3602 7954 3621 7953 3625 7949
3624 7915 3654 7914 3654 7880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 282DEG 7KT 3608 7954
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
BADGETT
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