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WWUS82 KMHX 241103
SPSMHX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
703 AM EDT MON AUG 24 2026
NCZ090-091-241200-
LENOIR NC-DUPLIN NC-
703 AM EDT MON AUG 24 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LENOIR AND DUPLIN COUNTIES
THROUGH 800 AM EDT...
AT 702 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MOUNT OLIVE, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...
KINSTON, WALLACE, WARSAW, LA GRANGE, MOUNT OLIVE, KORNEGAY, ROSE
HILL, BEULAVILLE, DEEP RUN, CYPRESS CREEK, BOWDENS, BEAUTANCUS,
KENANSVILLE, CHINQUAPIN, DAWSON, POTTERS HILL, GRAINGERS, INSTITUTE,
ALBERTSON, AND HARRELLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3490 7815 3519 7816 3518 7808 3519 7802
3517 7793 3515 7789 3518 7783 3535 7782
3538 7770 3535 7767 3542 7747 3511 7757
3507 7760 3501 7773 3492 7765 3472 7769
3472 7799 3473 7801 3472 7815 3474 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 1102Z 257DEG 20KT 3513 7814
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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