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WWUS82 KRAH 130646
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
246 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013
NCZ040-041-130745-
CHATHAM-WAKE-
246 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WAKE AND CHATHAM
COUNTIES THROUGH 345 AM EDT...
AT 246 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NEW HILL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PITTSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...NEW HILL...HOLLY SPRINGS...APEX...
CARY...RALEIGH...NEW HOPE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
50 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES 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.
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LAT...LON 3605 7862 3593 7835 3583 7826 3582 7826
3555 7881 3558 7892 3553 7897 3556 7904
3562 7908 3563 7912 3562 7915 3569 7922
3587 7893 3587 7883 3593 7881 3592 7876
3595 7872 3600 7870
TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 240DEG 34KT 3565 7896
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