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Tornado Warning — Franklin, NC — Oct 11, 2026

NWS RAH · ETN 21 · National Weather Service warning
Tornado Warning for Franklin — 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 17:33 UTC on Oct 11, 2026 covering Franklin, NC; Granville, NC; Vance, NC. The warning was in effect for 12 minutes, ending at Oct 11, 2026 17:45 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 36.11, -78.54, moving northeast at about 25 mph.

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Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
6 W Bunn Franklin, NC Unrated (RAH)
4 SW Louisburg Franklin, NC EF1° Approximate starting point of confirmed EF-1 tornado. A tornado touched down southwest of Louisburg... NC and moved to the northeast before crossing NC-56 just west of (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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