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WWUS72 KRAH 181744
NPWRAH
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
144 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
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CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SPRING LAKE, ROSEBORO, HOPE MILLS,
FAYETTEVILLE, AND CLINTON
144 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY
..HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 105.
* WHERE...CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FOR THE FIRST HEAT ADVISORY, UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
FOR THE SECOND HEAT ADVISORY, FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF
THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUTSIDE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE
FITTING CLOTHING. TRY TO LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. TAKE ACTION WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE.
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK, THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN
SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT
SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN
EMERGENCY! CALL 9 1 1.
NCZ026>028-040>043-073>078-083>086-190000-
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FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-
MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RAEFORD, WAGRAM, TARBORO, ANGIER, ALBEMARLE,
FRANKLINTON, ABERDEEN, LAURINBURG, BUIES CREEK, WILSON, APEX,
PINEHURST, SANFORD, LILLINGTON, WADESBORO, ROCKINGHAM, POLKTON,
SELMA, LOUISBURG, TROY, GOLDSBORO, ELLERBE, RALEIGH, SILER CITY, CAMP
MACKALL, SPRING HOPE, ERWIN, DUNN, PITTSBORO, SOUTHERN PINES, WAKE
FOREST, NASHVILLE, CARY, PRINCEVILLE, ROCKY MOUNT, CARTHAGE,
KNIGHTDALE, SMITHFIELD, AND CLAYTON
144 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
..HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 105.
* WHERE...THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PIEDMONT, SANDHILLS, AND COASTAL
PLAIN.
* WHEN...UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUTSIDE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE
FITTING CLOTHING. TRY TO LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. TAKE ACTION WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE.
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK, THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN
SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT
SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN
EMERGENCY! CALL 9 1 1.
GREEN
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