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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
412 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024
 

NCZ008-025-026-041-242100-
Franklin NC-Durham NC-Wake NC-Granville NC-
412 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN GRANVILLE...NORTH
CENTRAL WAKE...NORTHEASTERN DURHAM AND WEST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES
THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

At 411 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Butner, or near Creedmoor, moving southeast at 20 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...
Creedmoor, Wake Forest, Butner, Franklinton, Youngsville, Stem, Lake
Michie, Falls Lake State Rec Area, Falls Lake, and Lake Butner.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

If on or near Falls 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.

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LAT...LON 3610 7889 3626 7878 3611 7836 3588 7853
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 299DEG 15KT 3615 7876 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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