Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Raleigh, NC

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1155 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EARLY TONIGHT...

(THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO
THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.)

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE MAIN THREAT IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLNIA IS
FROM STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT IS SLIGHT...THE
GREATEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER IS NORTH OF A TARBORO-ROCKY MOUNT
TO RALEIGH-DURHAM TO GREENSBORO-WINSTON-SALEM LINE BETWEEN 6 PM AND
MIDNIGHT.

HOT AIR LATE IN THE DAY WILL COLLIDE WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY COLD
FRONT NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER.  THE AIR ALOFT IS DRY...BUT A FEW
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE TRIGGERED ALONG THE FRONT TOWARD SUNSET
THIS EVENING. DOWNBURST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 600 PM THIS EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO LATER TODAY FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

RFG
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ALAMANCE          ANSON              CHATHAM            CUMBERLAND
DAVIDSON          DURHAM             EDGECOMBE          FORSYTH
FRANKLIN          GRANVILLE          GUILFORD           HALIFAX
HARNETT           HOKE               JOHNSTON           LEE
MONTGOMERY        MOORE              NASH               ORANGE
PERSON            RANDOLPH           RICHMOND           SAMPSON
SCOTLAND          STANLY             VANCE              WAKE
WARREN            WAYNE              WILSON