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WWUS82 KRAH 282012
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
412 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2026
NCZ007-008-282100-
PERSON NC-GRANVILLE NC-
412 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN PERSON AND
NORTHWESTERN GRANVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 411 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALTON, OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROXBORO, MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE 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...
OXFORD, ROXBORO, STOVALL, BETHEL HILL, MAYO RESERVOIR, BEREA, AND
JOHN H KERR RESERVOIR.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 205 AND 206.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
IF ON OR NEAR KERR LAKE, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT
BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3630 7854 3635 7901 3654 7900 3654 7855
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 271DEG 15KT 3649 7891
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
GIH
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