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WWUS82 KRAH 111444
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1044 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
NCZ023-024-039-040-074>077-084>086-111545-
SCOTLAND NC-RICHMOND NC-LEE NC-CHATHAM NC-HOKE NC-ALAMANCE NC-
RANDOLPH NC-HARNETT NC-ORANGE NC-MONTGOMERY NC-MOORE NC-
1044 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ALAMANCE...MOORE
NORTHEASTERN
SCOTLAND...ORANGE...SOUTHWESTERN HARNETT...EASTERN MONTGOMERY...
EASTERN RICHMOND...EASTERN RANDOLPH...LEE...HOKE AND CHATHAM COUNTIES
THROUGH 1145 AM EDT...
AT 1043 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ELON TO HOFFMAN.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHAPEL HILL, BURLINGTON, SANFORD, ASHEBORO, GRAHAM, SOUTHERN PINES,
HILLSBOROUGH, RAEFORD, RANDLEMAN, AND PITTSBORO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 AND 167.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 139 AND 162, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 259 AND 267.
US 1 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 81.
INTERSTATE 73 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 36, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 42 AND 46.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE FIRST
SOUND OF THUNDER. GUSTY WINDS IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THIS LINE
OF STORMS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3486 7969 3591 7980 3590 7954 3612 7954
3623 7905 3521 7902 3519 7910 3513 7911
3502 7907
TIME...MOT...LOC 1443Z 225DEG 30KT 3601 7953 3502 7953
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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