If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
At 1032 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking thunderstorms with very
heavy rain from north Durham east to Oxford, Henderson, and near
Warrentton, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Rainfall up to 2 inches in 30 minutes, wind gusts up to 40
mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Henderson, Oxford, Creedmoor, Warrenton, Butner, Franklinton,
Norlina, Kittrell, Rougemont, and Stem.