{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.00cae5024f2aa3498d8acc8e35837ba06ef30f19.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Weather Statement issued July 12 at 6:56PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-12","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.00cae5024f2aa3498d8acc8e35837ba06ef30f19.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Raleigh NC"},"word_count":176,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Weather Statement: Special Weather Statement issued July 12 at 6:56PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Chatham; Johnston; Montgomery; Moore; Lee; Harnett; Richmond; Scotland; Hoke; Cumberland; Sampson\n**Issued by:** NWS Raleigh NC\n**Sent:** 2026-07-12T18:56:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-12T18:56:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-12T20:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nAt 655 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong\nthunderstorms along a line extending from near Dunn to near Fort\nBragg to 12 miles north of Rockingham. Movement was southeast at 10\nmph.\n\nHAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around\nunsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is\npossible.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nFayetteville, Sanford, Southern Pines, Rockingham, Raeford,\nLillington, Carthage, Fort Bragg, Pinehurst, and Dunn.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nInterstate 95 between Mile Markers 81 and 41.\nInterstate 40 between Mile Markers 327 and 334, and between Mile\nMarkers 336 and 353.\nUS 1 between Mile Markers 69 and 76.\nInterstate 73 between Mile Markers 26 and 45.\n\n## Instructions\nIf outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building."}