Weather Alert
Richmond County, NC
Status: Alert Ended
Start: 3/21/26 10:38 PM
End: 3/21/26 11:30 PM
Dur: 00:52
Canceled 3/21/26 11:30 PM

Special Weather Statement issued March 21 at 10:38PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
At 1038 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Goldston to near Pinehurst to 6 miles west of Rockingham. Movement was east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Fayetteville, Sanford, Laurinburg, Southern Pines, Rockingham, Raeford, Lillington, Carthage, Fort Bragg, and Pinehurst.
This includes the following highways...
US 1 between Mile Markers 69 and 76.
Interstate 73 between Mile Markers 26 and 34.



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