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WWUS72 KRAH 182334
NPWRAH
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
734 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
NCZ088-089-190900-
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/O.CON.KRAH.HT.Y.0026.260819T1500Z-260820T0000Z/
CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HOPE MILLS, CLINTON, FAYETTEVILLE, SPRING
LAKE, AND ROSEBORO
734 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
..HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 106 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* 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.
NCZ026>028-040>043-073>078-083>086-190045-
/O.EXP.KRAH.HT.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-260819T0000Z/
FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-
MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROCKY MOUNT, KNIGHTDALE, ALBEMARLE,
PINEHURST, ABERDEEN, CARTHAGE, DUNN, WADESBORO, WAGRAM, ANGIER,
ERWIN, SOUTHERN PINES, SANFORD, LOUISBURG, ELLERBE, NASHVILLE, APEX,
POLKTON, SELMA, ROCKINGHAM, SMITHFIELD, PITTSBORO, RALEIGH,
GOLDSBORO, CARY, LILLINGTON, TROY, FRANKLINTON, WILSON, CLAYTON,
RAEFORD, LAURINBURG, PRINCEVILLE, SPRING HOPE, SILER CITY, CAMP
MACKALL, TARBORO, WAKE FOREST, AND BUIES CREEK
734 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
..HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THE THREAT HAS ENDED.
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