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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2026, 6:34 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 41 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, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2026, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 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, Durham County, NC, Orange County, NC, Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 54 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 | 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 | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.