NWS Raleigh NCSV.W 0285September 18, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Chatham, Guilford and Randolph, NC
The National Weather Service office in Raleigh issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Chatham, Guilford and Randolph in North Carolina, which was in force until 3:45 p.m. local time on September 18. It was the 285th 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 48 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, Guilford and Randolph
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:57 p.m. EDT, September 18, 2026
- Expires
- 3:45 p.m. EDT, September 18, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KRAH SV.W 0285
- 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... Eastern Randolph County in central North Carolina... Southwestern Guilford County in central North Carolina... West central Chatham County in central North Carolina... * Until 345 PM EDT. * At 257 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Greensboro, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Observed. At 2:31pm, Greensboro International Airport reported a wind gust to 69 mph. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Greensboro, High Point, Asheboro, Randleman, North Carolina Zoo, Siler City, Seagrove, Pleasant Garden, Jamestown, and Liberty. This includes the following highways... Interstate 85 between Mile Markers 33 and 35, and between Mile Markers 113 and 128. Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 215 and 224. Interstate 73 between Mile Markers 63 and 101. Interstate 74 between Mile Markers 74 and 79.
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