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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
312 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

NCZ010-011-026>028-041>043-232015-
EDGECOMBE-FRANKLIN-HALIFAX-JOHNSTON-NASH-WAKE-WARREN-WILSON-
312 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS JOHNSTON...NASH...WILSON...
WARREN...WAKE...HALIFAX...FRANKLIN AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 415
PM EDT...

AT 309 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WARRENTON TO 17 MILES NORTH OF SMITHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE ALSO LOCATED OVER RALEIGH AND WAKE FOREST.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WAKE FOREST...
CASTALIA...SPRING HOPE... ARCOLA...NASHVILLE...MIDDLESEX...
BAILEY...AND SIMS..

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN EXITS 298 AND 301.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 119 AND 173.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 264 BETWEEN EXITS 419 AND 429.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
40 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.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER INDOORS...AN ENCLOSED
VEHICLE CAN PROVIDE SAFE SHELTER FROM LIGHTNING. DEADLY LIGHTNING
STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE
ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND.

&&

LAT...LON 3654 7789 3651 7788 3648 7776 3649 7764
      3645 7762 3641 7754 3637 7754 3635 7758
      3631 7756 3633 7744 3627 7741 3624 7737
      3622 7738 3619 7732 3573 7780 3576 7869
      3655 7799
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 282DEG 12KT 3627 7794 3575 7830

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