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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 21, 2026Cumberland County, Hoke County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2026, 2:06 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Hoke County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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 21, 2026, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 21, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cumberland County, NC, Hoke County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 21, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 916 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.2

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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 21, 1:45 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 1:45 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 11:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1144 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026

NCZ023>025-039>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-221545-
Alamance-Orange-Durham-Randolph-Chatham-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Stanly-
Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Anson-Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-
Cumberland-Sampson-
1144 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

Flood Watch.

There is also a marginal to slight risk of severe thunderstorms
through this evening. The main threat will be damaging wind.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ007>011-021-022-026>028-038-221545-
Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Forsyth-Guilford-Franklin-Nash-
Edgecombe-Davidson-
1144 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms into this evening.
The main threat is from damaging wind.

Locally heavy rain is also possible, with localized minor flooding
of urban and poor drainage areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 21, 9:31 AM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 12:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 21, 12:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 1:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 21, 2:13 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Harnett and 14 more	24 hr
Aug 21, 7:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth	91 min
Aug 21, 9:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	59 min
Aug 21, 12:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Richmond	49 min
Aug 21, 12:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland	47 min
Aug 21, 1:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke	55 min
Aug 21, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	62 min
Aug 21, 1:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland	92 min
Aug 21, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	44 min
Aug 21, 2:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland	3 hr
Aug 21, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	49 min
Aug 21, 3:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Sampson, Wayne	4 hr
Aug 21, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson, Wayne	65 min
Aug 21, 3:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	3 hr
Aug 21, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	41 min
Aug 21, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly	52 min
Aug 21, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Richmond, Scotland	59 min
Aug 21, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Stanly	64 min
Aug 21, 5:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Montgomery, Stanly	3 hr
Aug 21, 5:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond	3 hr
Aug 21, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and 2 more	67 min
Aug 21, 5:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Anson, Richmond, Stanly	3 hr
Aug 21, 5:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly	3 hr
Aug 21, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Orange	54 min
Aug 21, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Orange, Randolph	41 min
Aug 21, 6:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph	27 min
Aug 21, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Richmond, Scotland	38 min
Aug 21, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore	47 min
Aug 21, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake	41 min
Aug 21, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville, Vance, Warren	59 min
Aug 21, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham, Harnett, Wake	53 min
Aug 21, 7:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Durham, Orange	3 hr
Aug 21, 7:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Durham, Granville, Person, Vance	3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.