NWS Raleigh NCSV.W 0294September 18, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Harnett, Johnston, Sampson and 2 more, NC
The National Weather Service office in Raleigh issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Harnett, Johnston, Sampson and 2 more in North Carolina, which was in force until 7:00 p.m. local time on September 18. It was the 294th 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 49 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Raleigh NC
- Area
- Harnett, Johnston, Sampson and 2 more
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:11 p.m. EDT, September 18, 2026
- Expires
- 7:00 p.m. EDT, September 18, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KRAH SV.W 0294
- 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... West central Wayne County in central North Carolina... Northwestern Sampson County in central North Carolina... East central Harnett County in central North Carolina... Southeastern Wake County in central North Carolina... Johnston County in central North Carolina... * Until 700 PM EDT. * At 610 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Clayton, or 10 miles northwest of Smithfield, moving south at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Smithfield, Garner, Clayton, Dunn, Benson, Selma, Four Oaks, Pine Level, Newton Grove, and Coats Crossroads. This includes the following highways... Interstate 95 between Mile Markers 101 and 70. Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 305 and 340.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
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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