203 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 843 PM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT 839 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER COATS CROSSROADS...OR 10 MILES WEST OF SMITHFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FOUR OAKS... SMITHFIELD... SELMA... PINE LEVEL... PRINCETON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LARGE HAIL WILL DAMAGE VEHICLES...WINDOWS AND SOME ROOFS. SEVERE WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND CAN DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 00:50:32 +0000
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