Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

967 
WWUS52 KILM 241944
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
244 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

SCC041-067-089-242015-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T2015Z/
MARION SC-FLORENCE SC-WILLIAMSBURG SC-
244 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EST
FOR WILLIAMSBURG...SOUTHERN FLORENCE AND CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES...

AT 242 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS 
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF 
CADES...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PAMPLICO...
HANNAH...EARLE...INDIANTOWN...STUCKEY...WARSAW...MORRISVILLE...
NESMITH...HENRY...KINGSBURG...JOHNSONVILLE...POSTON...GRESHAM...
HEMINGWAY...OUTLAND AND BRITTON NECK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3372 7998 3377 8000 3383 7991 3388 7989
      3390 7996 3395 7998 3399 7990 3403 7998
      3403 7997 3400 7931 3397 7934 3393 7931
      3375 7935 3369 7941 3361 7944 3331 7970
      3332 7975 3349 7997 3350 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 278DEG 41KT 3379 7964

$$

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187 
WWUS52 KILM 242013
SVSILM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
313 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

SCC041-067-089-242022-
/O.EXP.KILM.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T2015Z/
MARION SC-FLORENCE SC-WILLIAMSBURG SC-
313 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WILLIAMSBURG...SOUTHERN
FLORENCE AND CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM EST...

AT 313 PM EST...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING 
HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND WEAKENED AS THEY MOVE INTO A 
MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENT...THEREFORE THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3372 7998 3377 8000 3383 7991 3388 7989
      3390 7996 3395 7998 3399 7990 3403 7998
      3403 7997 3400 7931 3397 7934 3393 7931
      3375 7935 3369 7941 3361 7944 3331 7970
      3332 7975 3349 7997 3350 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 278DEG 41KT 3374 7923

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
129 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
WINDY AND WARM CONDITIONS TODAY WILL PRECEDE A FAST MOVING LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT. SEASONABLE
TO SLIGHTLY COOL WEEKEND WEATHER WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL
WARMUP LASTING MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 130 PM FRIDAY...TORNADO WATCH #38 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
ENTIRE AREA UNTIL 8PM TONIGHT.

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUING THIS AFTN. SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED ALONG A PREFRONTAL TROUGH ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE ILM CWA. TORNADO WATCHES EXIST ALL ALONG OUR WESTERN
EDGE...AND EXPECT WE WILL GET A TORNADO WATCH WITHIN AN HOUR OR SO.
DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE BUT OTHERWISE FORECAST
REMAINS ON TRACK. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW:

AS OF 10 AM FRIDAY...A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS THIS MORNING WILL
SET THE STAGE FOR A POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT THIS
EVENING.

TEMPS ALREADY IN THE LOWER 70S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW/MID 60S...QUITE UNUSUAL FOR LATE FEBRUARY...ARE
THE PRECURSOR TO WHAT COULD BE A WIDESPREAD WIND EVENT THIS EVENING.
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY IS DRAPING A COLD FRONT WHICH IS
CURRENTLY LOCATED FROM AROUND KNOXVILLE, TN...SW TO HOUSTON, TX.
THIS FRONT WILL RACE EASTWARD TODAY AND CROSS THE ILM CWA THIS
EVENING...EXITING OFFSHORE BY MIDNIGHT. A PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE
WILL LEAD THIS FRONT...AND SEVERE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED WITHIN THIS
LINE.

LATEST SWODY1 FROM SPC HAS THE ENTIRE ILM CWA IN A MODERATE
RISK...WITH 45% HATCHED FOR WIND...AND TORNADO WATCHES ALREADY
BORDER THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE CWA. THIS IN ITSELF IS A SIGN OF THE
THREAT...BUT MANY PARAMETERS WORKING IN FAVOR OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS
EVENING. STRONG SW LLJ OF 50-60 KTS WILL IMPINGE INTO THE AREA THIS
AFTN AND HELP TO INCREASE MOISTURE THROUGH THE COLUMN. AT THE SAME
TIME...THESE ENHANCED WINDS WILL INCREASE LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND
HELICITY...WITH 0-3 KM SRH APPROACHING 300 M2/S2 AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
UPPER LEVEL WINDS INCREASE DRAMATICALLY AS WELL AS THE COASTAL
CAROLINAS GET INTO THE FAVORABLE RIGHT ENTRANCE PORTION OF A 180 KT
UPPER JET...AND 0-6 KM SHEAR IS PROGGED TO EXCEED 70 KTS THIS EVE.
THESE WIND FIELDS SUGGEST RAPIDLY MOVING STORMS...AND FORWARD
PROPAGATING CORFIDI VECTORS EXCEED 70 KTS...SHOWING JUST HOW FAST
STORMS COULD BE MOVING WITHIN THE SQUALL LINE. THIS RAPID MOTION
COMBINED WITH STRONG WIND FIELDS MEANS THAT ANY CONVECTION SHOULD
MIX DOWN VERY STRONG...DAMAGING...WIND GUSTS. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A
TORNADO THREAT AS WELL...ESPECIALLY IF THE LINE BREAKS INTO MORE
DISCRETE STRUCTURES...MOST OF THE SHEAR IS UNIDIRECTIONAL SO WIND IS
BY FAR THE PREDOMINANT THREAT. DO NOTE AN INVERSION AROUND 850MB ON
12Z REGIONAL SOUNDINGS WHICH MAY PRECLUDE THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM
MIXING DOWN...AND IS THE LIMITING FACTOR TODAY. HOWEVER...ANY
INSOLATION THAT OCCURS THIS MORNING WILL HELP RAISE TEMPS WELL INTO
THE 70S AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THIS...AND MUCH OF THE
GUIDANCE IS DEPICTING 400-800 J/KG SBCAPE TODAY. ANTICIPATE THAT THE
AREA WILL GET PUT INTO A TORNADO WATCH THIS AFTN. SQUALL LINE WILL
EXIT THE COASTAL WATERS BY AROUND 10 PM...BRINGING AN END TO THE
WEATHER THREAT TODAY.

TEMPS TODAY WILL RISE WELL INTO THE 70S AWAY FROM THE GRAND STRAND
AND SOUTHERN CAPE FEAR COAST. A SIGNIFICANT AIR MASS CHANGE BEHIND
THE FRONT WILL DROP MINS TO AROUND 40 TONIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 3 AM FRIDAY...MUCH DRIER AND CONSIDERABLY COOLER AIR ADVECTION
IN ON SATURDAY AS 1030MB HIGH DIVES INTO TX AND GULF STATES. TEMPS
STILL QUITE CLOSE TO CLIMO SAT AFTERNOON BUT CONTINUED CAA SAT NIGHT
TO BRING LOWS ALMOST A CATEGORY BELOW NORMAL. SUNDAY OUR ONE COOL
DAY AS THE HIGH MOVES ACROSS AND MIXING IS SHALLOW. A LITTLE WARM
AND MOIST ADVECTION KICKS IN SUNDAY NIGHT. FOR NOW THIS SHOULD ONLY
BRING SOME ADDED CLOUD COVER AND MORE SEASONABLE LOW TEMPS...AND
PROBABLY NOT THE CHANCE FOR RAIN AS HINTED BY SOME GUIDANCE. CUTOFF
LOW CURRENTLY OVER BAJA CA OPENS UP AND ENTERS THE FLOW AND GUIDANCE
IS LIKELY HANGING ON TO RAIN WITH THIS FEATURE FOR TOO LONG DESPITE
HOW MUCH IT WEAKENS AS IT CROSSES OUR LONGITUDE. WILL OPT FOR THE
WEAKEST AND MOST SOUTH-SUPPRESSED SOLUTION.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 3 AM FRIDAY...BACK INTO THE FAMILIAR TERRITORY OF MILD
CONDITIONS BY MONDAY AS LOW LEVEL HIGH MOVES OFF THE COAST. MID
LEVEL FLOW WILL BE QUITE FLAT KEEPING THAT PART OF THE COLUMN DRY.
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MAY TRY TO ADVECT AROUND THE WEST SIDE OF THE
HIGH AS INDICATED BY SOME GUIDANCE BUT PROBABLY NOT TO THE EXTENT
INDICATED. WILL ONLY SHOW A SMALL AND GRADUAL INCREASE IN POPS BY
TUESDAY AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND TIGHTENS THE CHANNEL OF
MOISTURE ADVECTION. BEST CHANCE FOR MEASURABLE RAINFALL COMES WITH
ACTUAL FROPA WHICH LOOKS LIKE LATE WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
AMPLITUDE ALOFT REMAINS VERY LOW SO EVEN POST FROPA TEMPS WILL BE
WARMER THAN NORMAL...JUST NOT TO THE EXTENT OF THOSE THROUGH THE MID
WEEK PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 18Z...SEA FOG IS CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON WITHIN A MARINE
LAYER AFFECTING THE COASTAL TERMINALS. THIS MARINE LAYER IS KEEPING
WIND GUSTS DOWN AT MYR...AS WELL AS REDUCING VISIBILITIES AT TIMES
TO MVFR PRIMARILY AT CRE. THERE HAVE BEEN SHORT PERIODS OF CEILINGS
AROUND 500 FEET AT CRE EARLIER THIS MORNING...BUT EXPECT THIS LAYER
TO REMAIN PRIMARILY SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TERMINALS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO
DEVELOP WEST OF FLO...AND ARE EXPANDING MORE RAPIDLY TO THE
NORTHEAST THAN EAST. WILL INDICATE PRIMARILY MVFR CONDITIONS AT
FLO/LBT THROUGH MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON WITH THUNDERSTORMS/TEMPO IFR
LIKELY AT LEAST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. MVFR CONDITIONS AT THE
COASTAL TERMINALS CAN BE EXPECTED LATE AFTERNOON WITH THE SAME
THUNDERSTORM/TEMPO IFR POTENTIAL LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. AFTER
FROPA EXPECT RAPID IMPROVEMENT TO VFR MID-LEVEL CEILINGS WITH WINDS
SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST. BY MIDNIGHT SKIES SHOULD BECOME SCATTERED
AT FLO/LBT AND AT THE COASTAL TERMINALS IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. AFTER
SUNRISE EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS AND NORTHWEST
WINDS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS.

EXTENDED OUTLOOK...LOW CHANCE OF IFR/FOG EARLY MONDAY AND TUESDAY
WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLE LATER TUESDAY. OTHERWISE VFR.

&&

.MARINE...
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 1230 PM FRIDAY...5-8 FT SEAS ONGOING ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS...WITH 9-10 FT OUT AT FRYING PAN SHOALS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TO INCREASE AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT THIS AFTN...WITH A FEW
GALE FORCE GUSTS POSSIBLE BY TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...FORECAST REMAINS
ON TRACK. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW:

AS OF 10 AM FRIDAY...NO MAJOR CHANGES TO FORECAST OTHER THAN TO
MENTION SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGH THIS AFTN. PREVIOUS FORECAST
STILL LOOKS ON TRACK IN TERMS OF TIMING A SQUALL LINE AND COLD FRONT
TONIGHT ACROSS THE WATERS. SEAS ALREADY 8 FT AT 41013 WILL RISE TO
10-12 FT THIS AFTN...WHILE COASTAL WATER SEAS RISE TO 6-8 FT WITH A
SOUTHWEST WIND CHOP. CONFUSED SEAS LIKELY TONIGHT BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT AS A SIGNIFICANT WIND SHIFT FROM SW TO NW OCCURS. SEAS
GRADUALLY EASE TO 3-5 FT BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.

SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 3 AM FRIDAY...SATURDAYS CONDITIONS MAY STILL REQUIRE SOME
CAUTIONARY HEADLINES AS THE MARINE ZONES FIND THEMSELVES STILL IN
MODERATELY STRONG POST COLD FRONTAL FLOW. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO
THE CAROLINAS ON SUNDAY BRINGING A NORTHEASTERLY WIND THAT WILL
DIMINISH AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON. A GENERAL 2 TO 4 FT SEA STATE
WILL ABATE AS THIS OCCURS. A SLIGHT VEER OF THE VERY LIGHT WINDS BY
SUNDAY NIGHT WILL OCCUR AS A WEAK TROUGH DEVELOPS OFF THE COAST.
SEAS WILL HAVE SETTLED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO JUST 2 FT OR LESS BY THE
END OF THE PERIOD.

LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 3 AM FRIDAY...A VERY WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE IN PLACE
ON MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE RATHER SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST AND MID ATLANTIC STATES AS WELL AS OVER THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC OCEAN. SO WHILE IT IS FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT WIND SPEEDS WILL
BE LOW THERE IS SOME INHERENT UNCERTAINTY REGARDING WHAT THE WIND
DIRECTION WILL BE. SEAS WILL ACCORDINGLY BE ABOUT AS SMALL AS THEY
GET AND RUN LESS THAN 2 FT ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO SHORE. NOT MUCH
CHANGE IN WIND SPEED BUT A BETTER DEFINED ONSHORE WIND DIRECTION
WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED AS THE CENTER OF THE HIGH DRIFTS EAST.

&&

.ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
NC...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST SATURDAY FOR AMZ250-252-
     254-256.

&&

NEAR TERM...JDW
SHORT TERM...MBB
LONG TERM...MBB
AVIATION...MRR

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
127 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-053>056-251830-
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-
INLAND NEW HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-
COASTAL BRUNSWICK-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-
WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-
COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
127 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...TORNADO WATCH 38 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE
PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH FAST
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AMZ250-252-254-256-251830-
SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM-
CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM-
127 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SATURDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH 38 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.
   TORNADO WATCH.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

POSSIBLE SEVERE CONVECTION WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS THIS
EVENING...AND COULD WARRANT THE ISSUANCES OF SPECIAL MARINE
WARNINGS FOR HAZARDOUS WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1226 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

NCZ087-SCZ017-024-241830-
DILLON-MARLBORO-ROBESON-
1226 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS DILLON...MARLBORO AND
ROBESON COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EST...

AT 1226 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CLIO...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BENNETTSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BENNETTSVILLE...RED SPRINGS...ALMA...
BARKER TEN MILE...BUIE...CHAVISTOWN...CLIO...DUNBAR...ELROD...
HOWELLSVILLE...MAXTON AND MCCOLL.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM
YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3483 7890 3474 7885 3470 7881 3443 7971
      3448 7973 3449 7972 3452 7976 3461 7980
      3462 7978 3467 7985 3476 7961 3464 7946
      3477 7934 3482 7936 3484 7935 3484 7919
      3490 7911 3493 7900
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 246DEG 48KT 3460 7957

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1251 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

NCZ087-096-SCZ017-024-241845-
BLADEN-DILLON-MARLBORO-ROBESON-
1251 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS DILLON...MARLBORO...
BLADEN AND ROBESON COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EST...

AT 1250 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER BUIE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LUMBERTON...AND OVER CLIO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 80 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BENNETTSVILLE...LUMBERTON...RED
SPRINGS...ALMA...AMMON...BARKER TEN MILE...BINGHAM...BROWNSVILLE...
BUIE...CLIO...DUART AND DUNBAR.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM
YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3495 7902 3484 7890 3486 7850 3475 7838
      3473 7839 3433 7967 3440 7968 3440 7971
      3446 7974 3449 7972 3452 7976 3452 7977
      3461 7980 3462 7978 3466 7984 3473 7958
      3464 7946 3478 7933 3484 7922 3484 7919
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 247DEG 69KT 3474 7900

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
116 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

SCZ023-032-241915-
DARLINGTON-FLORENCE-
116 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS FLORENCE AND DARLINGTON
COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EST...

AT 115 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LYDIA...OR ABOUT OVER BISHOPVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DARLINGTON...FLORENCE...HARTSVILLE...
AUBURN...CARTERSVILLE...CLYDE...DOVESVILLE...FLOYD...KELLYTOWN...
LAMAR...LYDIA AND MARS BLUFF.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3446 8011 3450 7997 3449 7988 3454 7983
      3449 7981 3450 7978 3448 7975 3444 7975
      3437 7969 3417 7957 3399 7991 3407 8003
      3409 8008 3414 8015 3423 8012 3432 8018
      3436 8018 3432 8024 3437 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 248DEG 65KT 3421 8026

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