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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
446 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013

NCZ007-022>024-122130-
ALAMANCE-GUILFORD-ORANGE-PERSON-
446 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS
PERSON...ORANGE...GUILFORD AND ALAMANCE COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM
EDT...

AT 443 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT
30 MILES TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST OF GREENSBORO... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... UNION RIDGE...
BURLINGTON... STALEY... AND BUSHY FORK.

ANYONE FROM GREENSBORO EAST AND NORTHEAST THROUGH BURLINGTON...
HILLSBOROUGH... AND ROXBORO SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND GO TO
A SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGHT OF A STORM.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN EXITS 224 AND 261... AND
INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN EXITS 128 AND 170.

DON`T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND. MAKE
SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS SHOULD GET OFF
THE WATER AS SOON AS STORMS ARE SPOTTED.


&&

LAT...LON 3653 7879 3625 7882 3624 7895 3602 7900
      3601 7973 3625 7987 3625 7916 3655 7913
      3655 7894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 304DEG 25KT 3656 7989

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