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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
527 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024

NCZ096-099-105-109-252200-
Inland Brunswick NC-Columbus NC-Inland Pender NC-Bladen NC-
527 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN PENDER...
SOUTHEASTERN BLADEN...NORTH CENTRAL BRUNSWICK AND EAST CENTRAL
COLUMBUS COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

At 527 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Kelly, or 20 miles southeast of Elizabethtown, moving southeast at 15
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Rowan, Northwest, Sandyfield, Point Caswell, Rooks, Malpass Corner,
Kelly, Currie, The Borough, Delco, Riegelwood, Montague, East
Arcadia, Atkinson, and Sandy Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3451 7803 3424 7816 3444 7840 3455 7835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 293DEG 12KT 3445 7832

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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