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WUUS52 KRAH 201917
SVRRAH
NCC101-163-191-202015-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
317 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.
* AT 317 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREMONT TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MOUNT OLIVE TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BENSON, MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOLDSBORO, MOUNT OLIVE, FREMONT, WALNUT CREEK, PINE LEVEL,
PRINCETON, PIKEVILLE, NEWTON GROVE, EUREKA, AND SEVEN SPRINGS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 329 AND 356.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3534 7782 3518 7783 3516 7788 3515 7789
3517 7793 3516 7797 3519 7802 3518 7807
3519 7816 3510 7817 3517 7858 3538 7851
3559 7806 3557 7782 3543 7783 3540 7780
3538 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 273DEG 26KT 3546 7809 3536 7820 3531 7844
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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