Weather Alert
Orange County, NC
Status: Alert Ended
Start: 8/21/26 6:48 PM
End: 8/21/26 7:08 PM
Dur: 00:20
Canceled 8/21/26 7:08 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 21 at 6:48PM EDT until August 21 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
At 647 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast of Carrboro, or 9 miles south of Chapel Hill, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Pittsboro, Garner, Carrboro, Goldston, and RDU International.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 85 between Mile Markers 166 and 184.
Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 260 and 296.
Interstate 440 between Mile Markers 1 and 5.
Interstate 540 between Mile Markers 0 and 7.
US 1 between Mile Markers 80 and 101.
the Durham Freeway between Mile Markers 2 and 17.



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