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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 24, 20264 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2026, 5:05 AM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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 24, 2026, 5:05 AM EDT (09:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2026, 5:45 AM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hoke County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Scotland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 4:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland41 min
Aug 24, 4:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland50 min
Aug 24, 4:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Sampson21 min
Aug 24, 4:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHoke, Scotland55 min
Aug 24, 5:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Wayne57 min
Aug 24, 5:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore35 min
Aug 24, 6:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Sampson62 min
Aug 24, 6:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne66 min
Aug 24, 7:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson48 min
Aug 24, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson76 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.