Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
610 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

NCZ029-044-045-079-080-090>093-098-232315-
BEAUFORT-CRAVEN-DUPLIN-GREENE-JONES-LENOIR-MARTIN-ONSLOW-PITT-
WASHINGTON-
610 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MARTIN...BEAUFORT...
CRAVEN...DUPLIN...ONSLOW...JONES...WASHINGTON...LENOIR...PITT AND
GREENE COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...

AT 610 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EVERETTS TO WYSE FORK TO
WALLACE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF WILLIAMSTON
TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINSTON TO WALLACE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

&&

LAT...LON 3525 7759 3591 7724 3589 7702 3586 7703
      3590 7692 3581 7688 3589 7683 3587 7676
      3590 7673 3590 7662 3545 7687 3548 7699
      3544 7696 3543 7688 3524 7698 3464 7757
      3464 7765 3472 7768 3472 7809
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 270DEG 16KT 3582 7716 3525 7747
          3471 7799

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