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WWUS82 KRAH 300419
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1219 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026
NCZ028-042-043-078-300445-
EDGECOMBE NC-JOHNSTON NC-WAYNE NC-WILSON NC-
1219 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN WAYNE
SOUTHERN
EDGECOMBE...WILSON AND NORTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM
EDT...
AT 1218 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR TARBORO TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELM CITY
TO NEAR BAILEY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TARBORO, WILSON, ELM CITY, FREMONT, PRINCEVILLE, PINETOPS, KENLY,
LUCAMA, STANTONSBURG, AND BLACK CREEK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 121 AND 106.
NC HIGHWAY 264 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 56.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3582 7735 3583 7739 3581 7742 3580 7747
3576 7752 3557 7782 3548 7783 3549 7801
3567 7831 3594 7747 3591 7735 3590 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 287DEG 37KT 3589 7749 3574 7777 3570 7809
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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