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WWUS82 KMHX 181100
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
700 AM EDT SUN AUG 18 2019
NCZ047-081-203>205-181200-
MAINLAND DARE-HATTERAS ISLAND-MAINLAND HYDE-OCRACOKE ISLAND-NORTHERN
OUTER BANKS-
700 AM EDT SUN AUG 18 2019
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN HYDE AND DARE
COUNTIES...
AT 659 AM EDT, RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STUMPY POINT TO 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF OCRACOKE LIGHTHOUSE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND AREAS OF MINOR FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KILL DEVIL HILLS, STUMPY POINT, FRISCO, SOUTHERN SHORES, BUXTON,
SALVO, MANNS HARBOR, WAVES, AVON, NAGS HEAD, RODANTHE, MASHOES,
MANTEO, COLINGTON, WHALEBONE, ROANOKE ISLAND FESTIVAL PARK, NAGS HEAD
FISHING PIER, BODIE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE, JOCKEYS RIDGE STATE PARK AND
WRIGHT BROTHERS NATIONAL MONUMENT.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3576 7545 3537 7546 3521 7550 3508 7593
3550 7598 3608 7579 3609 7574 3612 7575
3613 7575 3611 7574 3613 7574 3613 7554
TIME...MOT...LOC 1059Z 223DEG 26KT 3559 7587 3501 7584
SGK
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