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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2026, 6:22 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Harnett County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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 11, 2026, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2026, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cumberland County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Sampson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 10, 7:31 PM EDT, 22 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 7:31 PM EDT, 22 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 1:58 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson, Wayne | 18 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 20 min |
| Aug 11, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Bladen | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Moore | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 5:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery | 65 min |
| Aug 11, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Richmond | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 59 min |
| Aug 11, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 57 min |
| Aug 11, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Scotland | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 7:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Hoke, Moore | 19 min |
| Aug 11, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 7:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Scotland | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.