337  
WWUS82 KRAH 090345  
SPSRAH  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
1145 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
 
NCZ026>028-043-078-090430-  
EDGECOMBE NC-NASH NC-FRANKLIN NC-WAYNE NC-WILSON NC-  
1145 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WAYNE...SOUTHERN NASH
 
 
EDGECOMBE...WILSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 1230  
AM EDT...  
 
AT 1145 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BUNN TO NEAR WILSON TO  
NEAR FREMONT TO MOUNT OLIVE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ROCKY MOUNT, GOLDSBORO, TARBORO, NASHVILLE, WILSON, MOUNT OLIVE, ELM  
CITY, FREMONT, WALNUT CREEK, AND BAILEY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR  
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3582 7735 3583 7739 3580 7747 3557 7782  
3543 7783 3538 7780 3534 7782 3518 7783  
3515 7789 3517 7793 3516 7797 3519 7802  
3518 7807 3519 7814 3551 7797 3572 7807  
3595 7840 3602 7744 3600 7741 3591 7735  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 268DEG 31KT 3590 7823 3572 7800 3552 7790 3518  
7808  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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