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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
626 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024
 

NCZ087-096-252300-
Robeson NC-Bladen NC-
626 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN ROBESON AND BLADEN
COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

At 625 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms over Ammon, or 10 miles north of Elizabethtown, moving
southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 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...
Elizabethtown, Rowan, Bladen Community College, Tolarsville, Duart,
Ammon, Lagoon, Tobermory, Ruskin, White Oak, Jerome, White Lake,
Dublin, Tar Heel, and Bladen County Hospital.

This includes Interstate 95 in North Carolina between mile markers 34
and 35.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3484 7890 3485 7880 3485 7852 3486 7850
      3475 7839 3470 7837 3467 7832 3460 7830
      3457 7826 3454 7827 3449 7823 3445 7825
      3459 7870 3486 7899 3489 7893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 303DEG 24KT 3478 7858 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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