Severe Thunderstorm Warning
NWS Raleigh NC ยท US
Details
Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued September 18 At 5:46PM EDT Until September 18 At 6:30PM 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... Central Wake County in central North Carolina... Northwestern Johnston County in central North Carolina... * Until 630 PM EDT. * At 545 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of Wake Forest, or 7 miles northeast of Raleigh, moving south at 25 mph.
Hazard
60 mph wind gusts.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted
Raleigh, Wake Forest, Garner, Clayton, Knightdale, Wendell, Rolesville, Flowers, Lake Benson, and Falls Lake. This includes the following highways... Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 298 and 312. Interstate 440 between Mile Markers 8 and 16. Interstate 540 between Mile Markers 10 and 24.
Instructions
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Affected areas
- Johnston County, NC
- Wake County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Raleigh NC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~28s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V7RD50SKDJCZEPNRB767DD
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f0f1eff7bfcec0c79f9074c9417903ac73acba37.001.1
- 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.6525
- 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 182146 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T21:45:00-00:00...storm...353DEG...20KT...35.87,-78.53 |
| windThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxWindGust | 60 MPH |
| hailThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxHailSize | Up to .75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0293.260918T2146Z-260918T2230Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T18:30:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Johnston County, NC
- Wake County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037101 |
| SAME | 037183 |
| UGC | NCC101 |
| UGC | NCC183 |
- Polygons
- 35.95,-78.66 35.97,-78.44 35.63,-78.29 35.59,-78.67 35.95,-78.66