Full Notification

SVRRAH The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Alamance County in central North Carolina... Orange County in central North Carolina... Southwestern Granville County in central North Carolina... Wake County in central North Carolina... Northeastern Chatham County in central North Carolina... Durham County in central North Carolina... Southwestern Franklin County in central North Carolina...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 823 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Chapel Hill, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include... Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Creedmoor, Louisburg, Wake Forest, Carrboro, and Mebane. This includes the following highways... Interstate 85 between Mile Markers 163 and 187. Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 152 and 162, and between Mile Markers 259 and 301. Interstate 440 between Mile Markers 1 and 16. Interstate 540 between Mile Markers 0 and 24. US 1 between Mile Markers 100 and 101. NC Highway 264 between Mile Markers 20 and 22. the Durham Freeway between Mile Markers 2 and 17.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ALAMANCE, NC ... CHATHAM, NC ... DURHAM, NC ... FRANKLIN, NC ... GRANVILLE, NC ... ORANGE, NC ... WAKE, NC

Instructions:

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This thunderstorm is capable of producing all types of severe weather including large hail, damaging straight line winds and tornadoes. Move quickly to a safe shelter such as an interior room, a bathroom, closet or basement. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.