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Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued April 7 at 2:36PM EDT until April 7 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 134 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA CUMBERLAND EDGECOMBE HALIFAX HARNETT JOHNSTON NASH SAMPSON WAYNE WILSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANGIER, BUIES CREEK, CLAYTON, CLINTON, DUNN, ENFIELD, ERWIN, FAYETTEVILLE, GOLDSBORO, HOPE MILLS, LILLINGTON, NASHVILLE, PRINCEVILLE, ROANOKE RAPIDS, ROCKY MOUNT, ROSEBORO, SCOTLAND NECK, SELMA, SMITHFIELD, SPRING HOPE, SPRING LAKE, TARBORO, AND WILSON.
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 7 at 2:39PM EDT until April 7 at 3:00PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC

At 239 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Fayetteville to 11 miles southeast of Fort Bragg to near Tobermory to near Robeson Community College, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Wade, Fayetteville, Hope Mills, Vander, Cedar Creek, Bonnie Doone, Stedman, Fort Bragg, Eastover, and Bushy Lake Natural Area.
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Special Weather Statement issued April 4 at 4:21PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC

At 420 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles west of Rockingham, moving northeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Dobbins Heights, East Rockingham, Diggs, Blewett Falls Lake, Lilesville, Sandhills Game Land, Rockingham, Ellerbe, Hamlet, and Norman.