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WWUS82 KRAH 111541
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1141 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
NCZ040>042-075>077-086-088-089-111645-
LEE NC-JOHNSTON NC-CHATHAM NC-HOKE NC-SAMPSON NC-HARNETT NC-WAKE NC-
MOORE NC-CUMBERLAND NC-
1141 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MOORE
NORTHWESTERN
SAMPSON...HARNETT...CUMBERLAND...LEE...SOUTHWESTERN WAKE...
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSTON...HOKE AND SOUTHEASTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES
THROUGH 1245 PM EDT...
AT 1138 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SANFORD TO NEAR
ANTIOCH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
FAYETTEVILLE, SANFORD, RAEFORD, LILLINGTON, FORT BRAGG,
FUQUAY-VARINA, DUNN, ANGIER, BENSON, AND GODWIN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 41.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 311 AND 332.
US 1 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 73.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT IN CUMBERLAND AND HOKE COUNTIES UNTIL
1215 PM.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. IF THE STORM
INTENSIFIES AND ROTATION STRENGTHENS, ADDITIONAL TORNADO WARNINGS
MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3485 7850 3485 7883 3483 7890 3490 7894
3495 7903 3483 7919 3484 7926 3555 7933
3564 7848 3481 7845
TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 238DEG 34KT 3552 7913 3494 7912
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
LH
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