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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
127 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 215 PM EDT.
* AT 127 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ZEBULON TO GARNER, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH, GARNER, CLAYTON, ZEBULON, BAILEY, KNIGHTDALE, WENDELL,
MIDDLESEX, PILOT, AND LAKE WHEELER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 298 AND 318.
INTERSTATE 440 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 16.
INTERSTATE 540 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 24.
NC HIGHWAY 264 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 33.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3580 7803 3576 7811 3574 7818 3573 7819
3572 7818 3551 7858 3567 7880 3596 7830
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 290DEG 16KT 3585 7838 3570 7865
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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