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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2026, 2:47 AM EDT for Johnston County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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 23, 2026, 2:47 AM EDT (06:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2026, 3:16 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Johnston County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 22, 7:40 PM EDT, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 7:40 PM EDT, 7 hours 7 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Guilford | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 94 min |
| Jul 23, 6:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Nash | 54 min |
| Jul 23, 7:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Wake | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston, Wilson | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 9:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett and 5 more | 119 min |
| Jul 23, 10:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 66 min |
| Jul 23, 10:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 11:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Moore, Sampson and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 11:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 11:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Moore, Sampson and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Chatham, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Sampson | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland and 1 more | 5 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.