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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
540 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

NCC155-082200-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-240508T2200Z/
Robeson NC-
540 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ROBESON COUNTY...

At 539 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lumberton,
moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind
         damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Lumberton, Pembroke, Rowland, Smiths, Howellsville, Hestertown,
Robeson Community College, Barker Ten Mile, Purvis, Elrod,
Tolarsville, Mcdonald, Raynham, and Southeastern Regional Medical
Center.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Please send your reports of hail and/or wind damage, including trees
or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office
in Wilmington at 1-800-697-3901.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3474 7886 3469 7881 3467 7881 3466 7882
      3465 7881 3462 7883 3459 7883 3457 7886
      3454 7886 3452 7885 3454 7933 3471 7934
      3476 7886
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 270DEG 19KT 3464 7906

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

ABW