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WWUS82 KRAH 082215
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
615 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
NCZ022-082315-
GUILFORD NC-
615 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN INTO CENTRAL GUILFORD
COUNTY THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
AT 613 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE GREENSBORO AIRPORT, MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...OCCASIONAL LIGHTING, HEAVY RAIN, AND 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...
GREENSBORO, HIGH POINT, MCLEANSVILLE, SUMMERFIELD, GIBSONVILLE,
PLEASANT GARDEN, JAMESTOWN, LAKE GUILFORD MACKINTOSH MARINA, FOREST
OAKS, AND LAKE JEANETTE MARINA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 35, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 113 AND 131.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 139, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 206 AND 226.
INTERSTATE 73 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 89 AND 103.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 65 AND 76.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 3618 7954 3590 7954 3592 8004 3620 8004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 272DEG 19KT 3606 7998
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
PWB
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