Event: Special Weather Statement
Sender Name: NWS Wakefield VA
Issued: 2013-07-24T20:15:57-04:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T21:15:00-04:00
Description: AT 815 PM EDT…NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF TARBORO
TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLIAMSTON…MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE…
LEWISTON WOODVILLE…
WINDSOR…
REPUBLICAN…
QUITSNA.

HAZARDS INCLUDE…
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL…WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES…CREEKS…ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Area Description: Bertie