285  
WUUS52 KRAH 201803  
SVRRAH  
NCC065-127-201845-  
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0217.260820T1803Z-260820T1845Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
203 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...  
NORTHWESTERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 203 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NASHVILLE,  
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, RED OAK, SHARPSBURG, SPRING HOPE,  
BATTLEBORO, TAR RIVER RESERVOIR, AND KINGSBORO.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 132.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3591 7760 3584 7804 3596 7813 3615 7783  
3614 7781 3615 7781 3614 7780 3615 7779  
3614 7778 3615 7775  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 247DEG 17KT 3593 7803  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
LH  
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