NWS Raleigh NCSV.W 0286September 18, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Chatham, Lee and Randolph, NC
The National Weather Service office in Raleigh issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Chatham, Lee and Randolph in North Carolina, which was in force until 4:30 p.m. local time on September 18. It was the 286th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Raleigh issued in 2026. North Carolina had 124 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 32 in an average September of 2008-2025 (North Carolina's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 46 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Raleigh NC
- Area
- Chatham, Lee and Randolph
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:44 p.m. EDT, September 18, 2026
- Expires
- 4:30 p.m. EDT, September 18, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KRAH SV.W 0286
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina since 2008Every warning type in North Carolina
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The notice as issued
SVRRAH The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Randolph County in central North Carolina... Northern Lee County in central North Carolina... Chatham County in central North Carolina... * Until 430 PM EDT. * At 344 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles east of Randleman to 10 miles northwest of Pittsboro, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Sanford, Randleman, Pittsboro, Siler City, Goldston, Liberty, Ramseur, Franklinville, Staley, and Harpers Crossroads. This includes US 1 between Mile Markers 70 and 85.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina since 2008734 a year
- Every warning type in North Carolina
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels