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WWUS52 KRAH 170019
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
819 PM EDT SUN MAR 16 2025
NCC007-153-170045-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-250317T0045Z/
ANSON NC-RICHMOND NC-
819 PM EDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL ANSON AND NORTHWESTERN RICHMOND COUNTIES...
AT 818 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ROCKINGHAM, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLEWETT FALLS LAKE AND LILESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA.
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3503 7976 3493 7994 3502 8004 3515 7996
3516 7995
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 229DEG 36KT 3506 7990
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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