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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
152 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

NCZ007>010-026-181900-
FRANKLIN-GRANVILLE-PERSON-VANCE-WARREN-
152 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WARREN...VANCE...PERSON...
GRANVILLE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 148 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAK HILL TO 7 MILES
SOUTH OF AFTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF
ROXBORO TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...OAK HILL...AFTON...
STOVALL...WARRENTON...DREWRY...KERR LAKE...AND LAKE GASTON.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN EXITS 204 AND 233.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
35 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND
TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR
OBJECTS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT
IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND
USE EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.

BOATERS ON THE OPEN WATER AND THOSE CAMPING OUTDOORS ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. SEEK HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AND
FIND SAFE SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. DEADLY LIGHTNING
STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE
ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND.

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LAT...LON 3654 7789 3617 7803 3635 7898 3655 7899
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 222DEG 18KT 3640 7878 3625 7818

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