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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 2, 20265 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2026, 8:29 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 25 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, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2026, 8:54 PM EDT
In force: 25 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 00:34 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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 8:06 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 2, 8:16 PM EDT, 13 minutes 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
Sep 2, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	44 min
Sep 3, 2:00 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more	30 hr
Sep 3, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	27 min
Sep 3, 6:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Wake	96 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.