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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
544 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013

NCZ022-023-122245-
ALAMANCE-GUILFORD-
544 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS GUILFORD AND ALAMANCE
COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...

AT 543 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15
MILES NORTH OF MONTICELLO...OR ABOUT OVER WENTWORTH...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MONTICELLO...MCLEANSVILLE...GIBSONVILLE... LAKE TOWNSEND... UNION
RIDGE... AND BURLINGTON.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN EXITS 219 AND 226... AND
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN EXITS 124 AND 153.

DON`T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND. MAKE
SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. BOATERS SHOULD MOVE TO SHORE AND TO A SAFE SHELTER
AT THE FIRST SIGHT OF A STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3625 7926 3604 7927 3595 7956 3598 7980
      3626 7986
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 337DEG 18KT 3638 7975

$$

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