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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 2, 20265 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2026, 7:51 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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: Sep 2, 2026, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2026, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Nash County, NC, Wake County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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
Sep 2, 1:46 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe and 20 more	30 hr
Sep 2, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	47 min
Sep 2, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	47 min
Sep 2, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax, Warren	42 min
Sep 2, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren	50 min
Sep 2, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	55 min
Sep 2, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Vance	53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2026 Every 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.