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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
303 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

NCZ041>043-077-078-088-089-232000-
CUMBERLAND-HARNETT-JOHNSTON-SAMPSON-WAKE-WAYNE-WILSON-
303 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SAMPSON...HARNETT...WAYNE...
JOHNSTON...WILSON...WAKE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM
EDT...

AT 301 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EMIT TO 8 MILES WEST OF
HOPE MILLS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF
SMITHFIELD TO 8 MILES EAST OF RAEFORD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BENSON...HOPE
MILLS...SMITHFIELD...SELMA...PINE LEVEL...KENLY.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN EXITS 312 AND 348.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 46 AND 119.

WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS
AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND
OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. FOR YOUR SAFETY...SEEK SHELTER IN A
NEARBY BUILDING.

IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE SLOW
MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS. PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DRIVERS ARE URGED
TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING...
ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE SLOW MOVING STORMS CAN QUICKLY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3498 7905 3502 7908 3575 7847 3574 7822
      3573 7820 3574 7779 3495 7845
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 263DEG 20KT 3572 7823 3496 7906

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