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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1248 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

NCZ041-042-211745-
JOHNSTON-WAKE-
1248 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF JOHNSTON AND FAR
EASTERN WAKE COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT...

AT 1246 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM KNIGHTDALE TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF COATS
CROSSROADS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING GRADUALLY SOUTHEAST AROUND 10
MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN 15 MINUTES
OR LESS...ESPECIALLY AROUND CLAYTON AND KNIGHTDALE.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS.
PEA SIZED HAIL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN EXITS 306 AND 325.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 87 AND 93.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 264 BETWEEN EXITS 422 AND 429.

WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF BLOWING AROUND
LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY
REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
COMMUTERS ALONG INTERSTATE 40...HIGHWAY 70...AND HIGHWAY 64 IN
PARTICULAR DRIVERS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION TO
AVOID HYDROPLANING.

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LAT...LON 3585 7827 3575 7824 3575 7822 3573 7820
      3573 7818 3568 7816 3538 7845 3548 7865
      3552 7869 3553 7873 3553 7874 3593 7841
TIME...MOT...LOC 1646Z 315DEG 8KT 3575 7844 3556 7860

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