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WWUS82 KRAH 191857
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
257 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

NCZ010-011-026>028-043-192000-
EDGECOMBE-FRANKLIN-HALIFAX-NASH-WARREN-WILSON-
257 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NASH...WILSON...
WARREN...HALIFAX...FRANKLIN AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM
EDT...

AT 254 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SHARPSBURG...OR ABOUT OVER ROCKY MOUNT...
MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHARPSBURG...ROCKY MOUNT... SPRING
HOPE...DORTCHES...CASTALIA...BATTLEBORO...AND WHITAKERS.

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

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 127 AND 171.

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 3641 7755 3632 7758 3632 7744 3626 7740
      3604 7751 3573 7772 3582 7795 3595 7818
      3641 7829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 190DEG 22KT 3593 7783

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