Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
528 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

NCZ021-038-202230-
DAVIDSON-FORSYTH-
528 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS FORSYTH AND DAVIDSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

AT 528 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
WALKERTOWN...OR ABOUT OVER WINSTON-SALEM...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PFAFFTOWN...SEDGE
GARDEN...WINSTON-SALEM...MIDWAY.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PENNY SIZED HAIL.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN EXITS 188 AND 203.

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 SLOWN DOWN AND
USE EXTRA CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.

&&

LAT...LON 3590 8039 3589 8037 3594 8038 3627 8030
      3626 8004 3624 8003 3585 8005 3587 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 014DEG 9KT 3615 8022

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