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WWUS82 KMHX 181203
SPSMHX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
803 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

NCZ047-103-181300-
MAINLAND DARE-OUTER BANKS DARE-
803 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS OUTER BANKS DARE AND
MAINLAND DARE COUNTIES THROUGH 900 AM EDT...

AT 803 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SOUTHERN SHORES TO MASHOES...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DUCK TO MANNS HARBOR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
KILL DEVIL HILLS...NAGS HEAD...MANTEO.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.

BOATERS ON THE OPEN WATER AND THOSE CAMPING OUTDOORS ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE
HARBOR. THOSE CAMPING SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR
VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3582 7554 3584 7560 3582 7561 3582 7568
      3586 7567 3593 7573 3590 7576 3582 7573
      3582 7593 3598 7593 3598 7586 3594 7579
      3595 7570 3591 7562 3596 7565 3600 7574
      3604 7572 3605 7575 3617 7576 3617 7573
TIME...MOT...LOC 1203Z 270DEG 12KT 3608 7582 3591 7582

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