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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2026, 9:46 PM EDT for Johnston County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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 4, 2026, 9:46 PM EDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2026, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Johnston County, NC, Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
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 4, 8:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 805 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-051200- Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance- Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Davidson-Randolph-Chatham-Wake- Wilson- 805 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 654 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Dangerously hot and humid conditions, and a chance of thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts and hail, will continue through Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. NCZ042-073>078-051200- Johnston-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne- 805 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 654 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .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. Heat Advisory. In addition, a chance of thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts and hail will continue through Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. NCZ083>086-088-089-051200- Anson-Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson- 805 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .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. Heat Advisory. In addition, a chance of thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts and hail, will continue through Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 4, 9:08 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Sep 4, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Warren, Wilson | 44 min |
| Sep 4, 8:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wayne and 1 more | 51 min |
| Sep 4, 9:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 86 min |
| Sep 4, 9:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 53 min |
| Sep 4, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 61 min |
| Sep 5, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 52 min |
| Sep 5, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 62 min |
| Sep 5, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville, Person | 61 min |
| Sep 5, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange, Person | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 56 min |
| Sep 5, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 59 min |
| Sep 5, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | |
| Sep 5, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond and 1 more | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore | 18 min |
| Sep 5, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 53 min |
| Sep 5, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Sampson | 51 min |
| Sep 5, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance | 65 min |
| Sep 5, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson | 60 min |
| Sep 5, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance, Warren | 66 min |
| Sep 5, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 67 min |
| Sep 5, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren | 51 min |
| Sep 5, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 46 min |
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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.