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WWUS82 KRAH 191802
SPSRAH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
202 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

NCZ027-042-043-078-191900-
JOHNSTON-NASH-WAYNE-WILSON-
202 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WAYNE...JOHNSTON...NASH
AND WILSON COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 158 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM WENDELL TO ABOUT 8 MILES
NORTH OF GOLDSBORO...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...NAHUNTA...FREMONT...LUCAMA...
MICRO...WILSON...SIMS...AND SPRING HOPE.

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 101 AND 132.

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 3559 7781 3557 7782 3536 7782 3538 7805
      3570 7847 3582 7825 3606 7810 3590 7782
      3586 7783 3583 7775 3573 7772 3568 7766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 183DEG 20KT 3550 7800

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