NWS Raleigh NCSV.W 0278September 5, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Johnston, Sampson, Wayne and 1 more, NC
The National Weather Service office in Raleigh issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Johnston, Sampson, Wayne and 1 more in North Carolina, which was in force until 5:45 p.m. local time on September 5. It was the 278th 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).
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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Raleigh NC
- Area
- Johnston, Sampson, Wayne and 1 more
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:45 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 5:45 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KRAH SV.W 0278
- 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... Wayne County in central North Carolina... Northeastern Sampson County in central North Carolina... South central Wilson County in central North Carolina... Southern Johnston County in central North Carolina... * Until 545 PM EDT. * At 445 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles north of Fremont to near Benson, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Goldsboro, Mount Olive, Benson, Fremont, Walnut Creek, Four Oaks, Pine Level, Kenly, Princeton and Lucama. This includes the following highways... Interstate 95 between Mile Markers 90 and 79. Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 327 and 359. NC Highway 264 between Mile Markers 45 and 48.
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