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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 9, 2026Johnston County, Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2026, 4:54 PM EDT for Johnston County, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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 9, 2026, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2026, 5:28 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Johnston County, NC, Wayne County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 9, 1:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 1:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 4:26 AM EDT, 12 hours 28 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
426 AM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

NCZ008>011-024>028-040>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-100830-
Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-
Chatham-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-
Wayne-Anson-Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson-
426 AM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Hot temperatures are expected early to mid week. Highs will be in the
90s with heat indices up to 105 degrees Monday through Thursday.
Heat advisories may be needed.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:33 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
433 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

NCZ077-088-092130-
Harnett NC-Cumberland NC-
433 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN HARNETT AND
NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

At 433 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Godwin, or 8 miles southeast of Lillington, moving southeast at 10
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Fort Bragg, Dunn, Godwin, Pope AAF, Spring Lake, Erwin, Coats, Wade,
and Falcon.

This includes Interstate 95 between Mile Markers 77 and 65.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3513 7911 3519 7910 3521 7914 3522 7913
      3545 7862 3540 7860 3539 7858 3536 7856
      3534 7853 3533 7853 3531 7855 3530 7858
      3527 7858 3525 7862 3523 7862 3521 7863
      3520 7863 3501 7906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 302DEG 7KT 3530 7873

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

PWB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	57 min
Aug 9, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	65 min
Aug 9, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	62 min
Aug 9, 6:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore	2 hr
Aug 9, 7:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Harnett, Hoke, Moore	3 hr
Aug 9, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Guilford	45 min
Aug 9, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford	52 min

Nearby

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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.