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WWUS82 KRAH 082150
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
550 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
NCZ022-023-038>040-082245-
GUILFORD NC-CHATHAM NC-ALAMANCE NC-RANDOLPH NC-DAVIDSON NC-
550 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
...A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN
DAVIDSON...RANDOLPH...SOUTHEAST GUILFORD AND NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM
COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 547 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HIGH ROCK TO RANDLEMAN TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BURLINGTON, MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
HIGH POINT, BURLINGTON, ASHEBORO, LEXINGTON, GRAHAM, RANDLEMAN,
PITTSBORO, SILER CITY, AND NORTH CAROLINA ZOO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 35, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 90 AND 131.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 152, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 219 AND 226.
INTERSTATE 73 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 65 AND 97.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 79.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 3625 7942 3598 7926 3588 7926 3587 7920
3568 7909 3552 8019 3558 8021 3567 8033
3572 8033 3572 8036 3573 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 263DEG 15KT 3584 7957
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
BADGETT
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