Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, NC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC
330 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992

        ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA UNTIL 9 PM EST...

AT 325 PM EST...A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS...SOME
HEAVY...EXTENDED FROM EDGECOMBE COUNTY TO CAMDEN COUNTY OF NORTH
CAROLINA.  THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 25 MILES WIDE.  THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OVER BERTIE....PERQUIMANS...AND PASQUOTANK
COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL EARLIER.
RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS AS THEY MAY PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR.

LEIN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
339 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS ADJOINING
ATLANTIC WATERS UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT...

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA.  PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

AT 330 THIS AFTERNOON...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR INTO NORTHERN DUPLIN
COUNTY.  PERSONS IN SAMPSON AND DUPLIN COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THIS STORM...SOME DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND RESTRICTED DRIVING VISIBILITIES.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 1WERE SCATTERED ABOUT INTERIOR
NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.  MOST OF THESE HAVE
FORMED SINCE 230 THIS AFTERNOON.  THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST
ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR.