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WUUS52 KRAH 201717  
SVRRAH  
NCC069-127-201800-  
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0215.260820T1717Z-260820T1800Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
117 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHERN NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...  
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 117 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST  
OF BUNN, OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISBURG, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ROCKY MOUNT, NASHVILLE, DORTCHES, BUNN, RED OAK, SPRING HOPE,  
CASTALIA, AND AVENTON.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 138.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3618 7798 3619 7797 3618 7795 3619 7794  
3618 7793 3618 7792 3617 7792 3616 7790  
3601 7777 3589 7818 3595 7830 3604 7831  
3620 7800  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 244DEG 19KT 3602 7814  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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