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Special Weather Statement, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 9, 2026Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2026, 5:40 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 2026, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2026, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Cumberland County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 9, 1:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 1:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 4:26 AM EDT, 13 hours 14 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
426 AM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

NCZ008>011-024>028-040>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-100830-
Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-
Chatham-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-
Wayne-Anson-Richmond-Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson-
426 AM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Hot temperatures are expected early to mid week. Highs will be in the
90s with heat indices up to 105 degrees Monday through Thursday.
Heat advisories may be needed.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
433 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

NCZ077-088-092130-
Harnett NC-Cumberland NC-
433 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN HARNETT AND
NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

At 433 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Godwin, or 8 miles southeast of Lillington, moving southeast at 10
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Fort Bragg, Dunn, Godwin, Pope AAF, Spring Lake, Erwin, Coats, Wade,
and Falcon.

This includes Interstate 95 between Mile Markers 77 and 65.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3513 7911 3519 7910 3521 7914 3522 7913
      3545 7862 3540 7860 3539 7858 3536 7856
      3534 7853 3533 7853 3531 7855 3530 7858
      3527 7858 3525 7862 3523 7862 3521 7863
      3520 7863 3501 7906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 302DEG 7KT 3530 7873

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

PWB

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:40 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
540 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

NCZ075-077-086-088-092245-
Hoke NC-Harnett NC-Moore NC-Cumberland NC-
540 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN MOORE... SOUTHWESTERN
HARNETT...NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND AND NORTHEASTERN HOKE COUNTIES
THROUGH 645 PM EDT...

At 539 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles northwest of Fort Bragg, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Fort Bragg, Godwin, Pope AAF, Spring Lake, Eastover, Stedman, Wade,
Falcon, and Linden.

This includes Interstate 95 between Mile Markers 65 and 52.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3508 7927 3532 7922 3531 7918 3532 7917
      3525 7864 3501 7870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 273DEG 17KT 3520 7911

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

PWB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	57 min
Aug 9, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne	34 min
Aug 9, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	62 min
Aug 9, 6:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore	2 hr
Aug 9, 7:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Harnett, Hoke, Moore	3 hr
Aug 9, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Guilford	45 min
Aug 9, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford	52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.