013  
WWUS82 KRAH 112216  
SPSRAH  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
616 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026  
 
NCZ042-043-078-112315-  
JOHNSTON NC-WAYNE NC-WILSON NC-  
616 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN WAYNE  
SOUTHERN  
WILSON AND EAST CENTRAL JOHNSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...  
 
AT 616 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7  
MILES NORTHWEST OF FREMONT, OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF SMITHFIELD,  
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
FREMONT, KENLY, LUCAMA, STANTONSBURG, BLACK CREEK, PIKEVILLE,  
SARATOGA, EUREKA, BUCKHORN RESERVOIR, AND NAHUNTA.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 105.  
NC HIGHWAY 264 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 48, AND NEAR MILE MARKER  
56.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3563 7773 3557 7782 3543 7783 3542 7782  
3539 7783 3554 7820 3572 7813 3565 7772  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 289DEG 10KT 3562 7809  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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