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WWUS82 KMHX 162305
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
705 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
NCZ044-162330-
PITT NC-
705 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN GREENE AND CENTRAL PITT
COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...
AT 704 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PITT GREENVILLE AIRPORT, OR NEAR GREENVILLE, MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
GREENVILLE, WINTERVILLE, BELL ARTHUR, HOUSE, BLACK JACK, BRUCE,
ROUNDTREE, EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, PITT GREENVILLE AIRPORT, DOWDY
FICKLEN STADIUM, AND SIMPSON.
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.
LAT...LON 3548 7721 3547 7749 3549 7750 3550 7751
3551 7751 3552 7750 3552 7752 3567 7752
3570 7726
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 359DEG 8KT 3561 7743
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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