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WWUS82 KRAH 100152
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
952 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2026
NCZ038-039-073-074-100245-
STANLY NC-RANDOLPH NC-DAVIDSON NC-MONTGOMERY NC-
952 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2026
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN
DAVIDSON...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY...RANDOLPH AND NORTH STANLY COUNTIES
THROUGH 1045 PM EDT...
AT 950 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ALBEMARLE AND HIGH ROCK NORTHEAST
TO BADIN, NEW HOPE, AND ELDORADO, MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES
PER HOUR. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHEBORO, ALBEMARLE, RANDLEMAN, TROY, BADIN LAKE, NORTH CAROLINA ZOO,
SEAGROVE, PLYLER, LOCUST, AND BADIN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 73 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 88.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT 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 3550 8030 3551 8018 3558 8021 3564 8029
3567 8032 3591 7981 3591 7978 3552 7955
3551 7977 3541 7974 3524 8044 3528 8044
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 281DEG 10KT 3537 8035
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
PWB
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