Special Weather Statement
NWS Raleigh NC ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Moore...Harnett...Northeastern Montgomery...Southeastern Randolph...Northwestern Cumberland...Lee... Southwestern Wake...Northern Hoke And Southern Chatham Counties Through 500 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 404 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Sanford to 7 miles north of Carthage to 9 miles east of Seagrove. Movement was south at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Fayetteville, Sanford, Southern Pines, Lillington, Carthage, Fort Bragg, North Carolina Zoo, Pinehurst, Aberdeen, and Biscoe. This includes the following highways... Interstate 95 near Mile Marker 61. US 1 between Mile Markers 69 and 78, and between Mile Markers 85 and 86. Interstate 73 between Mile Markers 42 and 65.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning could occur with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Randolph County, NC
- Chatham County, NC
- Wake County, NC
- Montgomery County, NC
- Moore County, NC
- Lee County, NC
- Harnett County, NC
- Hoke County, NC
- Cumberland County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Raleigh NC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~30s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V1ZGFZXRKGTCAW1AM27XWY
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.dec728dd94a6449b21e0733a8726fd996b960f84.001.1
- 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.3419
- 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 | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSRAH |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS82 KRAH 182005 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MOORE...HARNETT...NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH...NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND...LEE... SOUTHWESTERN WAKE...NORTHERN HOKE AND SOUTHERN CHATHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T20:04:00-00:00...storm...356DEG...13KT...35.48,-79.21 35.45,-79.45 35.54,-79.6 |
| maxWindGust | 55 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Randolph County, NC
- Chatham County, NC
- Wake County, NC
- Montgomery County, NC
- Moore County, NC
- Lee County, NC
- Harnett County, NC
- Hoke County, NC
- Cumberland County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037151 |
| SAME | 037037 |
| SAME | 037183 |
| SAME | 037123 |
| SAME | 037125 |
| SAME | 037105 |
| SAME | 037085 |
| SAME | 037093 |
| SAME | 037051 |
| UGC | NCZ039 |
| UGC | NCZ040 |
| UGC | NCZ041 |
| UGC | NCZ074 |
| UGC | NCZ075 |
| UGC | NCZ076 |
| UGC | NCZ077 |
| UGC | NCZ086 |
| UGC | NCZ088 |
- Polygons
- 35.15,-78.7 35.09,-79.42 35.24,-79.72 35.4,-79.86 35.7,-79.79 35.56,-79.39 35.67,-78.88 35.15,-78.7