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Tornado Watch

Status

New Event Active alert

Start Time

Mon 03/16/2026 08:54 AM EDT

End Time

Mon 03/16/2026 02:00 PM EDT

Significance

Watch

Impacts

Moderate impact

Locations Affected

Raleigh, NC ∙ Durham, NC ∙ Winston-Salem, NC ∙ Greensboro, NC ∙ Cary, NC ∙ Fayetteville, NC ∙ High Point, NC ∙ Chapel Hill, NC ∙ Burlington, NC ∙ Altamahaw, NC

Full Alert Message

WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 66 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 854 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026 The National Weather Service has issued tornado watch 66 in effect until 2 PM EDT this afternoon for the following areas in north carolina this watch includes 22 counties in central north carolina alamance anson chatham cumberland davidson durham forsyth granville guilford harnett hoke lee montgomery moore orange person randolph richmond scotland stanly vance wake this includes the cities of aberdeen, albemarle, angier, apex, archdale, asheboro, buies creek, burlington, camp mackall, carrboro, carthage, cary, chapel hill, creedmoor, dunn, durham, ellerbe, erwin, fayetteville, graham, greensboro, henderson, high point, hillsborough, hope mills, kittrell, knightdale, laurinburg, lexington, lillington, mebane, oxford, pinehurst, pittsboro, polkton, raeford, raleigh, rockingham, rougemont, roxboro, sanford, siler city, southern pines, spring lake, thomasville, troy, wadesboro, wagram, wake forest, and winston-salem.

Technical Header

NCC001-007-037-051-057-063-067-077-081-085-093-105-123-125-135- 145-151-153-165-167-181-183-161800- /O.NEW.KRAH.TO.A.0066.260316T1254Z-260316T1800Z/