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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
231 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

NCZ019-141900-
Wilkes NC-
231 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN WILKES COUNTY
THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

At 230 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Buck, or near Wilkesboro, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
North Wilkesboro...
Wilkesboro...
Ronda...
Boomer...
Windy Gap...
Mulberry...
and Wilkesboro Reservoir.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

If on or near West Kerr Scott Reservoir, get out of the water and
move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out
to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter
now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

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LAT...LON 3604 8111 3604 8114 3609 8138 3627 8130
      3625 8092 3606 8097 3606 8098 3604 8105
      3603 8106 3603 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 277DEG 17KT 3617 8124

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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