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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2026, 6:02 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2026, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2026, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cumberland County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Wayne County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 12, 2:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 2:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 3:02 PM EDT, 3 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Raleigh NC 302 PM EDT Sun Jul 12 2026 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-131000- Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance- Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Davidson-Randolph-Chatham-Wake- Johnston-Wilson-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Anson- Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson- 302 PM EDT Sun Jul 12 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. There is a slight risk (level 2 of 4) of excessive rainfall and a marginal risk (level 1 of 5) of severe thunderstorms across central North Carolina today, mainly mid-afternoon through the evening, with the greatest risk of both hazards in areas south of Highway 64. Heavy rainfall rates may lead to localized flooding in urban and poor-drainage areas. The strongest thunderstorms may have gusty winds that may blow down trees and branches. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 5:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 18 min |
| Jul 12, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Richmond | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 105 min |
| Jul 12, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond | 64 min |
| Jul 12, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Orange | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 7:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Richmond | 89 min |
| Jul 12, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 63 min |
| Jul 12, 7:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Vance, Wake | 117 min |
| Jul 12, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Lee, Richmond, Sampson, Scotland | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Nash, Wake | 62 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.