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

NCZ029-044-079-090-091-093-232215-
CRAVEN-DUPLIN-GREENE-LENOIR-MARTIN-PITT-
441 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MARTIN...CRAVEN...DUPLIN...
LENOIR...PITT AND GREENE COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...

AT 441 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES WEST OF OAK CITY
TO 13 MILES WEST OF LA GRANGE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF TARBORO TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT OLIVE...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...LINDELL...SHINE...
FOUNTAIN...JASON...CASTORIA...ARBA.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
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 7784 3534 7783 3537 7781 3543 7783
      3557 7783 3580 7747 3583 7735 3591 7735
      3600 7741 3608 7733 3601 7720 3593 7719
      3593 7709 3532 7741 3518 7816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 257DEG 15KT 3601 7762 3529 7800

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