NWS Raleigh NCTO.A 0680October 11, 2026
Tornado Watch: Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland and 21 more, NC
The National Weather Service office in Raleigh issued a tornado watch for Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland and 21 more in North Carolina, in force until 5:00 p.m. local time on October 11. The Storm Prediction Center numbered it watch 680 of 2026.
Watch
Issued10:01 a.m. EDT, October 11, 2026
In force10:01 a.m. EDT, October 11, 2026
Expires5:00 p.m. EDT, October 11, 2026
In force for 7 hours
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Raleigh NC
- Area
- Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland and 21 more
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Watch
- Issued
- 10:01 a.m. EDT, October 11, 2026
- Expires
- 5:00 p.m. EDT, October 11, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Extreme, Possible, Future
- VTEC event
- KRAH TO.A 0680
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Tornado Watches in North Carolina since 2008Every warning type in North Carolina
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The notice as issued
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 680 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 24 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ALAMANCE CHATHAM CUMBERLAND DURHAM EDGECOMBE FRANKLIN GRANVILLE HALIFAX HARNETT HOKE JOHNSTON LEE MOORE NASH ORANGE PERSON RICHMOND SAMPSON SCOTLAND VANCE WAKE WARREN WAYNE WILSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ANGIER, APEX, BUIES CREEK, BURLINGTON, CAMP MACKALL, CARRBORO, CARTHAGE, CARY, CHAPEL HILL, CLAYTON, CLINTON, CREEDMOOR, DUNN, DURHAM, ELLERBE, ENFIELD, ERWIN, FAYETTEVILLE, FRANKLINTON, GOLDSBORO, GRAHAM, HENDERSON, HILLSBOROUGH, HOPE MILLS, KITTRELL, KNIGHTDALE, LAURINBURG, LILLINGTON, LOUISBURG, MEBANE, NASHVILLE, NORLINA, OXFORD, PINEHURST, PITTSBORO, PRINCEVILLE, RAEFORD, RALEIGH, ROANOKE RAPIDS, ROCKINGHAM, ROCKY MOUNT, ROSEBORO, ROUGEMONT, ROXBORO, SANFORD, SCOTLAND NECK, SELMA, SILER CITY, SMITHFIELD, SOUTHERN PINES, SPRING HOPE, SPRING LAKE, TARBORO, WAGRAM, WAKE FOREST, WARRENTON, AND WILSON.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.