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WWUS82 KRAH 191805
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
205 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

NCZ008-009-025-026-041-191900-
DURHAM-FRANKLIN-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WAKE-
205 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WAKE...VANCE...
GRANVILLE...FRANKLIN AND DURHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 204 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES WEST OF FALLS LAKE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
NORTH OF RALEIGH...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...WAKE FOREST...STEM...PURNELL...
CREEDMOOR...LOUISBURG...AND OXFORD.

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

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN EXITS 183 AND 220.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 540 BETWEEN EXITS 4 AND 20.

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.

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LAT...LON 3632 7828 3627 7830 3625 7814 3621 7811
      3621 7805 3620 7802 3582 7826 3574 7839
      3592 7881 3654 7879 3654 7833
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 196DEG 17KT 3594 7869

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