572  
WUUS52 KRAH 181857  
SVRRAH  
NCC037-081-151-181945-  
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0285.260918T1857Z-260918T1945Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
257 PM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...  
SOUTHWESTERN GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...  
WEST CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 257 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENSBORO,  
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...OBSERVED. AT 2:31PM, GREENSBORO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT  
REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 69 MPH.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO  
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
GREENSBORO, HIGH POINT, ASHEBORO, RANDLEMAN, NORTH CAROLINA ZOO,  
SILER CITY, SEAGROVE, PLEASANT GARDEN, JAMESTOWN, AND LIBERTY.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 35, AND BETWEEN MILE  
MARKERS 113 AND 128.  
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 215 AND 224.  
INTERSTATE 73 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 63 AND 101.  
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 79.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3573 7943 3554 7980 3601 7997 3611 7978  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 328DEG 24KT 3599 7982  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 

 
 
GREEN  
 
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