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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 2026, 2:50 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, Halifax County, 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2026, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2026, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Halifax County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS52 KRAH 201850
TORRAH
NCC065-083-201915-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0003.260720T1850Z-260720T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
250 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Edgecombe County in central North Carolina...
Southeastern Halifax County in central North Carolina...
* Until 315 PM EDT.
* At 250 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles west of Scotland Neck, or 12 miles south of
Halifax, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Scotland Neck around 255 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3607 7738 3602 7744 3600 7746 3601 7750
3605 7754 3604 7755 3607 7760 3611 7766
3614 7767 3620 7765 3624 7758 3612 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 304DEG 17KT 3615 7757
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Kren3 follow-up statements
207
WWUS52 KRAH 201858
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
258 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
NCC065-083-201915-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260720T1915Z/
Edgecombe NC-Halifax NC-
258 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN EDGECOMBE AND SOUTHEASTERN HALIFAX COUNTIES...
At 257 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles west of Scotland Neck, or 13 miles south of
Halifax, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Scotland Neck around 305 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3607 7738 3602 7744 3600 7746 3601 7750
3605 7754 3604 7755 3607 7760 3609 7763
3612 7763 3618 7760 3622 7753 3612 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 306DEG 14KT 3614 7756
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Kren115
WWUS52 KRAH 201906
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
306 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
NCC065-083-201915-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260720T1915Z/
Edgecombe NC-Halifax NC-
306 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN EDGECOMBE AND SOUTHEASTERN HALIFAX COUNTIES...
At 306 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Scotland Neck, or 14 miles north of Tarboro, moving
southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Scotland Neck around 310 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3607 7738 3602 7744 3600 7746 3601 7750
3605 7754 3604 7755 3605 7757 3609 7758
3615 7757 3620 7749 3612 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 304DEG 17KT 3612 7752
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Kren861
WWUS52 KRAH 201911
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
311 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
NCC065-083-201921-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260720T1915Z/
Edgecombe NC-Halifax NC-
311 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EDGECOMBE AND SOUTHEASTERN
HALIFAX COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
&&
LAT...LON 3607 7738 3602 7744 3600 7746 3601 7750
3605 7754 3604 7755 3605 7757 3609 7758
3615 7757 3620 7749 3612 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 304DEG 17KT 3611 7750
$$
KrenWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 20, 2:30 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- As of 330 AM Monday... 1) In an active pattern with daily threats of severe wind and flooding for the next few days, there is now a Slight risk (Level 2 of 5) of both severe thunderstorms with damaging wet downbursts and excessive rain/flash flooding across cntl NC today. 2) Continued periods of unsettled weather this week as a stalled front lingers across NC.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 2:30 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Raleigh NC 230 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026 .WHAT HAS CHANGED... * In an active pattern with daily threats of severe wind and flooding for the next few days, there is now a Slight risk (Level 2 of 5) of both severe thunderstorms with damaging wet downbursts and excessive rain/flash flooding across cntl NC today. && .KEY MESSAGES... As of 330 AM Monday... 1) In an active pattern with daily threats of severe wind and flooding for the next few days, there is now a Slight risk (Level 2 of 5) of both severe thunderstorms with damaging wet downbursts and excessive rain/flash flooding across cntl NC today. 2) Continued periods of unsettled weather this week as a stalled front lingers across NC. && .DISCUSSION... As of 330 AM Monday... KEY MESSAGE 1... In an active pattern with daily threats of severe wind and flooding for the next few days, there is now a Slight risk (Level 2 of 5) of both severe thunderstorms with damaging wet downbursts and excessive rain/flash flooding across cntl NC today. An upr wave/shortwave trough, evident in GOES-E water vapor data from the Virginias to middle TN this morning, and which has amplified from the upr MS Valley and upr Great Lakes since Sun morning, will pivot slowly across and offshore the srn Middle Atlantic, Carolinas, and GA through early tonight. It will be preceded by MCVs, apparent in regional radar data over the NC Sandhills and srn Coastal Plain this morning and others likely to form from subsequent convective clusters over cntl and ern NC later today into early tonight. In the lwr-levels and at the surface, regional VWP and surface observational data depict a trough and associated frontal zone in the 925 mb to surface layer roughly along the NC/VA border this morning. This boundary, and post-frontal stratus, will likely continue to settle swd and into the nrn Piedmont and nrn Coastal Plain of NC this morning. It will be preceded by at least a couple of aggregate outflow boundaries evident in recent and earlier regional radar and surface observational data from cntl SC through ern NC and also over the NC Sandhills and srn/wrn Piedmont. The surface-925 mb front, one that should be strengthened through differential diabatic heating along related low stratus after daybreak, will probably serve as a primary focus for renewed deep convective development with diurnal heating of an unseasonably moist/humid airmass from late morning through this evening. However, other cells may develop and cluster along the aforementioned outflow boundaries and also along a possible separate differential heating zone from mid-level cloud debris from the aforementioned MCV. All will occur in a deeply moist environment characterized by PWs of around 2" (slightly below 2" at GSO in recent RAOBs and slightly above 2" at MHX), and amid ~10-20 kts of swly cloud layer and 850 mb flow, supportive of small upwind propagation/Corfidi vectors and related slow-moving/backbuilding multi-cell clusters along the myriad of surface boundaries in place. Scattered instances of flash flooding may result, as may damaging, wet downbursts. While forecast heat index values will probably at least briefly reach the 100-105 F range from the srn Piedmont to the Sandhills and srn and cntl Coastal Plain, the MCV and associated mid-level cloud canopy may linger well into the morning; and uncertainties exist with how much and quickly the environment will heat before additional convection likely develops along the features noted above. As such, forecast confidence is low in heat indices meeting/exceeding 105 F; and no additional Heat Advisories are planned at this time for today. KEY MESSAGE 2... Continued periods of unsettled weather this week as a stalled front lingers across NC. Broad and weak troughing over the eastern CONUS today will become reinforced by a more vigorous shortwave trough pivoting across the Great Lakes and southern Quebec on Tues. A low-amplitude likely convectively altered perturbation rippling through the basal portion of the trough is forecast to shift across the Ohio Valley Tues morning before potentially shifting across the southern Mid-Atlantic during peak heating. There are some notable timing differences with the low-predicitability feature, but nevertheless, enhanced westerly winds of > 30 kts are forecast to sink south and into North Carolina and overlap a continued moist and unstable environment. Although flow throughout the troposphere is not particularly strong, consistently veering winds with height will support curved hodographs capable of producing transient supercells and bowing segments. Any right-moving storm will have a storm motion of southeast and increase the likelihood that storms may drift into our region from VA. All hazards will be on the table for Tuesday, although damaging straight-line winds will be the most likely primary and more widespread hazard. An upstream shortwave trough is forecast to cross the mountains Wednesday with an attendant surface cold front in tow. With PW's still at or near 2" and nearly 2000 J/KG of MLCAPE available, strong to severe storms are more than plausible with the front. Significantly lower PW's will follow the front with substantially lower precip chances Thursday through Saturday, although model inconsistencies regarding how far south the front and drier air push south results in an lower forecast confidence in a dry spell; especially with such a weak and progressive surface high and climatologically approaching the window when it is difficult for fronts to progress all the way through the Carolinas. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... As of 230 PM Monday... VFR to MVFR conditions will start off this afternoon across central NC terminals with light and variable surface winds and SCT/BKN mid level cloud decks. Scattered storms are beginning to develop across the entire area and around all the terminals. Expect this this continue through the afternoon and evening hours. VCTS and VCSH are prevailing for each TAF site with storms expected to be on and off through at least 2z or 3z. For overnight & early Tuesday post-convective stabilization will lead to widespread regional flight category deterioration. Have moderate confidence in development of IFR to LIFR ceilings with low stratus developing along with isolated areas of visibility reductions. Additionally, a weak low-level jet across the area could cause LLWS around 1500-2000ft with 25–35 kts across all terminals between roughly 04Z and 12Z. Conditions will improve in the morning with south/southwesterly winds 5-10 kt. LIFR/IFR stratus and LLWS will dissipate across all terminals by 14Z, returning central NC to VFR conditions through the remainder of the 18z period. Outlook: Afternoon showers and storms through late week will result periods of VFR and periods of afternoon and evening sub-VFR conditions. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && DISCUSSION...MWS/Swiggett AVIATION...CA
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 4:37 AM EDT, 10 hours 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Raleigh NC 437 AM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026 NCZ042-073>078-083>086-088-089-211200- Johnston-Stanly-Montgomery-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Wayne-Anson-Richmond- Scotland-Hoke-Cumberland-Sampson- 437 AM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. There is a Slight risk of severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts and also excessive rain with flash flooding throughout central NC today and early tonight. This Level 2 of 5 risk means that scattered instances of damaging downburst winds and flash flooding may result. Additionally, heat index values will increase to between 100 and 105 degrees between showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. A Marginal, level 1 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts will exist again Tuesday. A Slight, level 2 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts and also excessive rain with flash flooding will exist for Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed at times today through Wednesday. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-211200- Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Forsyth-Guilford-Alamance- Orange-Durham-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Davidson-Randolph-Chatham-Wake- Wilson- 437 AM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. There is a Slight risk of severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts and also excessive rain with flash flooding throughout central NC today and early tonight. This Level 2 of 5 risk means that scattered instances of damaging downburst winds and flash flooding may result. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. A Slight, level 2 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts will exist again Tuesday and Wednesday, as will a Marginal to Slight risk, Level 1 to 2 of 5, for excessive rain and flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed at times today through Wednesday.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
138 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
NCZ077-088-201815-
Harnett NC-Cumberland NC-
138 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL HARNETT AND
NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...
At 138 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Fort Bragg, moving northeast 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...
Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Pope AAF, Spring Lake, Eastover, Wade,
Linden, Anderson Creek, and Bonnie Doone.
This includes Interstate 95 between Mile Markers 61 and 58.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3505 7900 3518 7907 3533 7886 3526 7874
3514 7869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 240DEG 15KT 3514 7898
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
KrenSpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 1:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
142 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
NCZ011-201830-
Halifax NC-
142 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY THROUGH
230 PM EDT...
At 142 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southeast of Littleton, or 10 miles southwest of Roanoke
Rapids, moving east at 15 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...
Roanoke Rapids, Halifax, Littleton, Weldon, Airlie, South Weldon,
Tillery, and Medoc Mountain State Park.
This includes Interstate 95 between Mile Markers 171 and 160.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3640 7754 3637 7755 3635 7758 3634 7759
3632 7757 3630 7754 3632 7744 3629 7741
3626 7741 3625 7738 3623 7738 3614 7746
3630 7793 3633 7793 3638 7791 3643 7792
3649 7785
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 288DEG 15KT 3634 7778
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
KrenSpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 1:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
144 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
NCZ083>085-201830-
Scotland NC-Anson NC-Richmond NC-
144 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL SCOTLAND...
SOUTHEASTERN ANSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL RICHMOND COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM
EDT...
At 144 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southwest of Rockingham, moving east 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...
Rockingham, Hamlet, Dobbins Heights, Gibson, McFarlan, East
Rockingham, Diggs, and Sandhills Game Land.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3480 7968 3481 7997 3495 7999 3501 7961
3475 7960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 267DEG 11KT 3487 7991
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
KrenSpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 1:52 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
152 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
NCZ026-027-041-042-201845-
Nash NC-Johnston NC-Franklin NC-Wake NC-
152 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN NASH...EAST CENTRAL
WAKE...NORTH CENTRAL JOHNSTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES
THROUGH 245 PM EDT...
At 152 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles south of Wake Forest to near Raleigh.
Movement was 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...
Raleigh, Garner, Zebulon, Knightdale, Wendell, Rolesville, Middlesex,
Pilot, and Lake Wheeler.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 296 and 305.
Interstate 440 between Mile Markers 8 and 16.
Interstate 540 between Mile Markers 15 and 24.
NC Highway 264 between Mile Markers 20 and 26.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3594 7834 3593 7830 3592 7827 3587 7818
3581 7818 3578 7820 3574 7826 3572 7843
3571 7846 3569 7870 3580 7869 3591 7855
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 253DEG 15KT 3586 7849 3577 7861
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
KrenSpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 2:18 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
218 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
NCZ027-043-201915-
Nash NC-Wilson NC-
218 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN NASH AND CENTRAL WILSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
At 217 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Bailey, or 15 miles southwest of Nashville, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Wilson, Elm City, Bailey, Sharpsburg, Middlesex, Sims, Buckhorn
Reservoir, Tar River Reservoir, and New Hope.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 95 between Mile Markers 127 and 116.
NC Highway 264 between Mile Markers 25 and 50.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3565 7783 3569 7816 3571 7816 3572 7818
3573 7818 3573 7821 3574 7822 3575 7821
3575 7822 3585 7821 3590 7783 3578 7781
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 273DEG 10KT 3577 7808
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
KrenSpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 2:29 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
229 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
NCZ041-201915-
Wake NC-
229 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL WAKE COUNTY THROUGH 315
PM EDT...
At 229 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Raleigh, 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...
Raleigh, Cary, Wake Forest, RDU International, Knightdale,
Rolesville, William B Umstead State Park, and Falls Lake.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 287 and 293, and between Mile
Markers 298 and 301.
Interstate 440 between Mile Markers 1 and 16.
Interstate 540 between Mile Markers 3 and 24.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3576 7877 3591 7879 3597 7849 3588 7844
3574 7844
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 264DEG 16KT 3584 7869
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
KrenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 63 min |
| Jul 19, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 59 min |
| Jul 19, 8:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 8:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 9:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Scotland | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Scotland | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 10:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Moore | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery | 57 min |
| Jul 19, 10:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 10:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Scotland | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 11:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 20, 12:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 5 hr |
| Jul 20, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Moore | 63 min |
| Jul 20, 1:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Anson | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Nash, Vance | 73 min |
| Jul 20, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Richmond | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 53 min |
| Jul 20, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 50 min |
| Jul 20, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 57 min |
| Jul 20, 2:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 113 min |
| Jul 20, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 2:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 106 min |
| Jul 20, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Wake | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Warren | 52 min |
| Jul 20, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 61 min |
| Jul 20, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 39 min |
| Jul 20, 4:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Granville, Wake | 74 min |
| Jul 20, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 61 min |
| Jul 20, 4:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Guilford | 106 min |
| Jul 20, 4:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Franklin | 93 min |
| Jul 20, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 59 min |
| Jul 20, 4:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wake | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 68 min |
| Jul 20, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Bladen | 65 min |
| Jul 20, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Lee | 62 min |
| Jul 20, 5:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 105 min |
| Jul 20, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Nash | 63 min |
| Jul 20, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 59 min |
| Jul 20, 5:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 103 min |
| Jul 20, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston | 68 min |
| Jul 20, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 44 min |
| Jul 20, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Granville | 55 min |
| Jul 20, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 61 min |
| Jul 20, 6:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 80 min |
| Jul 20, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 63 min |
| Jul 20, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 53 min |
| Jul 20, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 66 min |
| Jul 20, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 6:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 98 min |
| Jul 20, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 7:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson | 59 min |
| Jul 20, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Lee | 57 min |
| Jul 20, 7:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Granville, Person | 85 min |
| Jul 20, 7:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 73 min |
| Jul 20, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 33 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.