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WWUS72 KRAH 050652
NPWRAH
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
252 AM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
NCZ042-073>078-083>086-088-089-060000-
/O.CON.KRAH.HT.Y.0031.260905T1500Z-260906T0000Z/
JOHNSTON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-RICHMOND-
SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LAURINBURG, TROY, FAYETTEVILLE, ALBEMARLE,
SELMA, RAEFORD, SPRING LAKE, DUNN, GOLDSBORO, ABERDEEN, WAGRAM,
ROSEBORO, BUIES CREEK, CARTHAGE, PINEHURST, SANFORD, POLKTON, ANGIER,
SMITHFIELD, CLAYTON, LILLINGTON, SOUTHERN PINES, ROCKINGHAM, ELLERBE,
HOPE MILLS, ERWIN, WADESBORO, CAMP MACKALL, AND CLINTON
252 AM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 108 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHERN PIEDMONT, SANDHILLS, AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
COASTAL PLAIN.
* WHEN...FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...RAIN-COOLED AIR FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROVIDE LOCALIZED RELIEF FROM THE HEAT.
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.
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