Weather Alerts For Dunn, NC

# HEADLINE -------------------- HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT For the first Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 107. For the second Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 105 expected. WHERE The Triangle, southern Piedmont, Sandhills, and Coastal Plain of central North Carolina. WHEN For the first Heat Advisory, until 8 PM EDT this evening. For the second Heat Advisory, from 11 AM to 8 PM EDT Tuesday. IMPACTS Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. ISSUED AT Monday, August 17, 2026 at 2:21 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Raleigh NC HEADER URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Cumberland, Montgomery, Anson, Chatham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Nash, Richmond, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Wake, Wayne, Wilson Including the cities of Nashville, Hope Mills, Goldsboro, Wadesboro, Spring Lake, Wagram, Franklinton, Tarboro, Wake Forest, Sanford, Roseboro, Albemarle, Raleigh, Knightdale, Smithfield, Wilson, Southern Pines, Louisburg, Ellerbe, Pittsboro, Troy, Dunn, Carthage, Rocky Mount, Pinehurst, Clinton, Aberdeen, Cary, Rockingham, Fayetteville, Erwin, Siler City, Polkton, Princeville, Selma, Laurinburg, Spring Hope, Angier, Raeford, Lillington, Apex, Buies Creek, Camp Mackall, and Clayton

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN PARTS OF THE NORTH-CENTRAL PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST...AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS SUMMARY Thunderstorms with severe wind gusts and large hail are expected this afternoon and evening across parts of the central and northern Plains. Damaging gusts will also be possible in parts of the southern Appalachians to the North Carolina Piedmont, and possibly across portions of the Mid-South and southern Plains. 20Z Update Given the earlier than expected development within western South Dakota/eastern Wyoming, the Slight Risk has been expanded northwestward. See MD 2012 for additional information. One or more organized clusters may eventually develop out of this activity as the low-level jet increases into northern Nebraska/southern South Dakota. Confidence on where a greater corridor of wind risk exists is still too low for a categorical upgrade. Elsewhere, the forecast remains on track.