Weather Alert
Orange County, NC
Status: Alert Ended
Start: 8/17/26 4:36 PM
End: 8/17/26 4:53 PM
Dur: 00:17
Canceled 8/17/26 4:53 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 4:36PM EDT until August 17 at 5:15PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
SVRRAH The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Alamance County in central North Carolina...
Southwestern Orange County in central North Carolina...

* Until 515 PM EDT.

* At 436 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Burlington, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Burlington, Graham, Hillsborough, Mebane, Elon, Gibsonville, Haw River, Swepsonville, Alamance, and Efland.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 85 between Mile Markers 163 and 167.
Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 139 and 162, and between Mile Markers 259 and 264.



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