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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
422 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
NCZ042-052115-
JOHNSTON NC-
422 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY
THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 422 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTH OF BENSON, OR 10 MILES WEST OF SMITHFIELD, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...
BENSON, FOUR OAKS AND COATS CROSSROADS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 79.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 316 AND 338.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3526 7848 3533 7853 3534 7853 3536 7856
3539 7858 3540 7859 3543 7861 3544 7861
3545 7862 3546 7864 3549 7866 3557 7858
3541 7828 3526 7843
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 303DEG 14KT 3550 7854
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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