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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
649 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2026
NCZ022>024-039-040-042345-
GUILFORD NC-CHATHAM NC-ALAMANCE NC-RANDOLPH NC-ORANGE NC-
649 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ALAMANCE...SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE
EASTERN RANDOLPH...GUILFORD AND CHATHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM
EDT...
AT 648 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES EAST OF RANDLEMAN, MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENSBORO, BURLINGTON, ASHEBORO, GRAHAM, RANDLEMAN, PITTSBORO, SILER
CITY, MEBANE, GOLDSTON, AND MCLEANSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 35, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 119 AND 131.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 152, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 214 AND 226.
INTERSTATE 73 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 101.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY OCCUR WITHIN THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3624 7957 3625 7945 3568 7897 3552 7949
3551 7968 3626 7999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 337DEG 16KT 3584 7967
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
LH
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