{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.c042bf6219a4336387836ae46ceb42b9b4166f76.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Weather Statement issued July 12 at 7:10PM 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.c042bf6219a4336387836ae46ceb42b9b4166f76.001.1","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":163,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Weather Statement: Special Weather Statement issued July 12 at 7:10PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Granville; Vance; Warren; Orange; Durham; Franklin; Wake\n**Issued by:** NWS Raleigh NC\n**Sent:** 2026-07-12T19:10:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-12T19:10:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-12T20:15:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nAt 709 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong\nthunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of\nLouisburg to Creedmoor to near Hillsborough. Movement was south 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...\nRaleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Creedmoor, Louisburg,\nWake Forest, Carrboro, Butner, and Franklinton.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nInterstate 85 between Mile Markers 163 and 200.\nInterstate 40 between Mile Markers 157 and 162, and between Mile\nMarkers 259 and 280.\nthe Durham Freeway between Mile Markers 5 and 17.\n\n## Instructions\nIf outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building."}