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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
258 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026
NCZ087-051945-
ROBESON NC-
258 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL ROBESON COUNTY THROUGH
345 PM EDT...
AT 258 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MAXTON, OR NEAR LAURINBURG, MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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...
LUMBERTON, RED SPRINGS, PEMBROKE, MAXTON, ST. PAULS, ROWLAND, REX,
RAEMON, SHANNON, BUIE, ROBESON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WAKULLA, BARKER TEN
MILE, PURVIS, PROSPECT, ELROD, PARKTON, RENNERT, LUMBER BRIDGE, AND
RAYNHAM.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 IN NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8
AND 38.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3491 7896 3489 7893 3486 7893 3482 7890
3461 7897 3452 7932 3463 7946 3477 7933
3482 7936 3484 7935 3483 7919 3495 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 288DEG 15KT 3474 7940
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
ABW
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