482  
WWUS82 KMHX 300531  
SPSMHX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC  
131 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026  
 
NCZ079-090>092-193-300600-  
GREENE NC-JONES NC-LENOIR NC-NORTHERN CRAVEN NC-DUPLIN NC-  
131 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN JONES
 
 
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE...LENOIR...WEST CENTRAL CRAVEN...NORTHWESTERN  
ONSLOW AND DUPLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM EDT...  
 
AT 131 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
MOUNT OLIVE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
KINSTON, WARSAW, LA GRANGE, MOUNT OLIVE, KORNEGAY, BEULAVILLE, DEEP  
RUN, BOWDENS, BEAUTANCUS, KENANSVILLE, CHINQUAPIN, DAWSON, POTTERS  
HILL, INSTITUTE, JASON, PLEASANT HILL, WYSE FORK, ALBERTSON, KINSTON  
REGIONAL JETPORT, AND SARECTA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3519 7816 3518 7808 3519 7802 3518 7798  
3517 7797 3517 7793 3515 7789 3516 7789  
3518 7784 3533 7783 3538 7780 3541 7780  
3524 7736 3498 7762 3497 7768 3494 7766  
3475 7785 3495 7815 3508 7816 3509 7817  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 297DEG 35KT 3519 7805  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
OJC  
 
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