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Tornado Warning — Johnston, NC — Oct 11, 2026

NWS RAH · ETN 17 · National Weather Service warning
Tornado Warning for Johnston — radar, warned-area polygon and storm motion
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office RAH issued a tornado warning at 17:05 UTC on Oct 11, 2026 covering Johnston, NC. The warning was in effect for 12 minutes, ending at Oct 11, 2026 17:17 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 35.56, -78.52, moving northeast at about 37 mph.

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Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
3 NNE New Hope Wake, NC EF1° EF-1 tornado confirmed. Touched down in the Stone Ridge neighborhood... with a discontinuous path of tree and structural damage northward into the Neuse Crossing neighb (RAH)
1 SE Clayton Johnston, NC Unrated Approximate beginning of tornado path. The tornado occurred along a 3.2 mile-long discontinuous path... as it momentarily touched down and lifted several times before f (RAH)
1 ESE Clayton Johnston, NC Unrated Approximate location of most intense damage. The tornado occurred along a 3.2 mile-long discontinuous path... as it momentarily touched down and lifted several times be (RAH)
3 ENE Clayton Johnston, NC Unrated Approximate end of tornado path. The tornado occurred along a 3.2 mile-long discontinuous path... as it momentarily touched down and lifted several times before finally (RAH)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).

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