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WWUS82 KRAH 190333
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1133 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
NCZ028-042-043-078-190430-
EDGECOMBE NC-JOHNSTON NC-WAYNE NC-WILSON NC-
1133 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN WAYNE
SOUTHERN
EDGECOMBE...WILSON AND SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 AM
EDT...
AT 1133 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ELM CITY TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF SMITHFIELD.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
GOLDSBORO, WILSON, ELM CITY, FREMONT, PINETOPS, KENLY, PRINCETON,
LUCAMA, STANTONSBURG, AND BLACK CREEK.
THIS INCLUDES NC HIGHWAY 264 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 56.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU CANNOT SEEK SHELTER INDOORS, AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE CAN PROVIDE
SAFE SHELTER. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING STORM, PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND.
LAT...LON 3582 7735 3583 7739 3581 7742 3580 7747
3557 7782 3543 7783 3539 7780 3534 7782
3534 7835 3584 7789 3590 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 252DEG 38KT 3582 7791 3540 7834
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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