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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Chatham, NC; Orange, NC

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Chatham, Orange
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Severe
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Immediate
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What is happening

At 734 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Carrboro, or near Chapel Hill, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Carrboro, Mebane, Efland, Bynum,...

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For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

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Bulletin details

At 734 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Carrboro, or near Chapel Hill, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Carrboro, Mebane, Efland, Bynum, Seaforth Boat Dock, Eno River State Park, Fearrington, and Cane Creek Reservoir. This includes the following highways... Interstate 85 between Mile Markers 163 and 171. Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 156 and 162, and between Mile Markers 259 and 269.

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Official revisions

4 captured
  1. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 6 at 7:35PM EDT until August 6 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC

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  2. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 6 at 7:16PM EDT until August 6 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC

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  3. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 6 at 7:02PM EDT until August 6 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC

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  4. Alert

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 6 at 6:42PM EDT until August 6 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Raleigh NC. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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