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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
332 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

NCZ011-022015-
HALIFAX-
332 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY 
THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 331 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SOUTH WELDON...OR ABOUT OVER ROANOKE RAPIDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WELDON AND ROANOKE 
RAPIDS.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PENNY SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 171 AND 173.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

&&

LAT...LON 3645 7762 3644 7760 3643 7759 3642 7756
      3641 7754 3637 7754 3634 7761 3643 7772
      3649 7768 3649 7764
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 226DEG 7KT 3642 7762

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