Severe Thunderstorm Warning
NWS Raleigh NC ยท US
Details
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued September 18 At 2:57PM EDT Until September 18 At 3:45PM EDT By NWS Raleigh NC
- Event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Shelter
Description
Overview
SVRRAH 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.
Impacts
Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted
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.
Instructions
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Affected areas
- Chatham County, NC
- Guilford County, NC
- Randolph County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Raleigh NC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~27s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2TY2XNQWK0PNJF2B4FH26S5
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b76c6111376e1cb3385241e1e56248b5f55c2f31.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Raleigh NC
- AWIPS ID
- CAPRAH
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1616
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SVR |
| NationalWeatherService | SVW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SVRRAH |
| WMOidentifier | WUUS52 KRAH 181857 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T18:57:00-00:00...storm...328DEG...24KT...35.99,-79.82 |
| windThreat | OBSERVED |
| maxWindGust | 70 MPH |
| hailThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxHailSize | Up to .75 |
| thunderstormDamageThreat | CONSIDERABLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0285.260918T1857Z-260918T1945Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T15:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chatham County, NC
- Guilford County, NC
- Randolph County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037037 |
| SAME | 037081 |
| SAME | 037151 |
| UGC | NCC037 |
| UGC | NCC081 |
| UGC | NCC151 |
- Polygons
- 35.73,-79.43 35.54,-79.8 36.01,-79.97 36.11,-79.78 35.73,-79.43