Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1210 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

NCZ041>043-077-078-089-191800-
WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-HARNETT-WAYNE-SAMPSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...
LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...CLINTON
1210 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HARNETT...SAMPSON...JOHNSTON
AND WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...

AT 1205 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS EXTENDING FROM LILLINGTON
TO SPIVEY CORNERS...TO CLINTON. THE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTH INTO
JOHNSTON...WAKE...AND WAYNE COUNTIES BY 1PM.

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

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
30 TO 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.

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