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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 6, 20265 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2026, 6:42 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 63 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
Aug 6, 2026, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2026, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alamance County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Orange County, NC, Randolph County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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 Aug 5, 7:45 PM EDT, 22 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 7:45 PM EDT, 22 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 1:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHStanly42 min
Aug 6, 1:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDavidson38 min
Aug 6, 1:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Randolph, Stanly48 min
Aug 6, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAnson, Stanly62 min
Aug 6, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson, Stanly51 min
Aug 6, 5:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHAnson, Stanly115 min
Aug 6, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHChatham, Montgomery, Randolph62 min
Aug 6, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph42 min
Aug 6, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Randolph57 min
Aug 6, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham46 min
Aug 6, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHGranville46 min
Aug 6, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Granville, Orange, Wake40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.