787  
WWUS72 KRAH 040003  
NPWRAH  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
803 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2026  
 
NCZ011-024>028-040>043-074>078-083>086-088-089-040900-  
/O.EXP.KRAH.HT.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-260904T0000Z/  
/O.CON.KRAH.HT.Y.0030.260904T1500Z-260905T0000Z/  
HALIFAX-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-JOHNSTON-  
WILSON-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-  
HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SCOTLAND NECK, WAKE FOREST, CARY,  
HILLSBOROUGH, SELMA, RALEIGH, CARRBORO, KNIGHTDALE, ROUGEMONT,  
FRANKLINTON, SILER CITY, SPRING HOPE, CLAYTON, CAMP MACKALL,  
PINEHURST, ABERDEEN, SANFORD, SPRING LAKE, LILLINGTON, ANGIER, APEX,  
CARTHAGE, LOUISBURG, LAURINBURG, NASHVILLE, SOUTHERN PINES,  
FAYETTEVILLE, ROSEBORO, ERWIN, ROCKINGHAM, PITTSBORO, BUIES CREEK,  
SMITHFIELD, ENFIELD, WAGRAM, TROY, POLKTON, CHAPEL HILL, ROCKY MOUNT,  
ROANOKE RAPIDS, TARBORO, DUNN, CLINTON, GOLDSBORO, HOPE MILLS,  
PRINCEVILLE, WILSON, ELLERBE, DURHAM, WADESBORO, AND RAEFORD  
803 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2026  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY FOR TODAY HAS EXPIRED
 
   
..HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY
 
 
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 109 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...THE COASTAL PLAIN, SANDHILLS, AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN AND  
EASTERN PIEDMONT.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT  
ILLNESSES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF  
THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.  
 
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.  
 

 
 

 
 
NCZ007>010-023-040115-  
/O.EXP.KRAH.HT.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-260904T0000Z/  
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-ALAMANCE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WARRENTON, BURLINGTON, HENDERSON, KITTRELL,  
ROXBORO, OXFORD, NORLINA, MEBANE, GRAHAM, AND CREEDMOOR  
803 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2026  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY FOR TODAY HAS EXPIRED
 
 
TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO FALL THIS EVENING, AND THE THREAT FOR  
DANGEROUS HEAT HAS ENDED FOR TODAY.  
 

 
 
GIH  
 
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