Special Weather Statement
NWS Raleigh NC ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Central Wake...Northwestern Johnston And West Central Franklin Counties Through 615 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 531 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Wake Forest, or 8 miles northeast of Raleigh, moving south at 25 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Raleigh, Wake Forest, Garner, Clayton, Knightdale, Rolesville, Youngsville, Falls Lake State Rec Area, Lake Wheeler, and Flowers. This includes the following highways... Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 295 and 310. Interstate 440 between Mile Markers 2 and 16. Interstate 540 between Mile Markers 8 and 24.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Franklin County, NC
- Wake County, NC
- Johnston County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Raleigh NC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m14s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V6YB1QKCR4NCCFVNS7NMH6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.031309873372e2835b0ac61a31be6089de2094e5.001.1
- 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.6024
- 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 182131 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL WAKE...NORTHWESTERN JOHNSTON AND WEST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T21:31:00-00:00...storm...353DEG...21KT...35.93,-78.58 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Franklin County, NC
- Wake County, NC
- Johnston County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037069 |
| SAME | 037183 |
| SAME | 037101 |
| UGC | NCZ026 |
| UGC | NCZ041 |
| UGC | NCZ042 |
- Polygons
- 35.65,-78.34 35.61,-78.73 36.0,-78.7 36.05,-78.7 36.05,-78.63 36.02,-78.55 36.06,-78.54 36.06,-78.46 35.65,-78.34