NWS Raleigh NCSV.W 0271September 5, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Durham, Franklin, Johnston and 3 more, NC
The National Weather Service office in Raleigh issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Durham, Franklin, Johnston and 3 more in North Carolina, which was in force until 4:00 p.m. local time on September 5. It was the 271st 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 24 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Raleigh NC
- Area
- Durham, Franklin, Johnston and 3 more
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:50 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- In force from
- 3:36 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 4:00 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KRAH SV.W 0271
- 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
At 335 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles east of Raleigh to 8 miles north of Bailey, moving southeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Wilson, Wake Forest, Garner, Fuquay-Varina, Clayton, Zebulon and Bailey. This includes the following highways... Interstate 95 between Mile Markers 127 and 116. Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 278 and 312. Interstate 440 between Mile Markers 1 and 16. Interstate 540 between Mile Markers 0 and 24. US 1 between Mile Markers 94 and 101. NC Highway 264 between Mile Markers 20 and 53. the Durham Freeway between Mile Markers 2 and 11.
What the agency told people to do
Straight line winds can blow down trees, power lines, and damage mobile homes and other buildings. Seek shelter in a sturdy structure until the storm has passed. Stay away from windows as flying debris generated by damaging winds can be deadly.
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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