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WWUS82 KMHX 141821
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
221 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2025
NCZ044-080-193-141845-
BEAUFORT NC-NORTHERN CRAVEN NC-PITT NC-
221 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN
SOUTHEASTERN PITT AND NORTHWESTERN BEAUFORT COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM
EDT...
AT 220 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SHELMERDINE, OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WASHINGTON, MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE, WASHINGTON, RIVER ROAD, BLOUNTS CREEK, SHELMERDINE,
CALICO, BLACK JACK, WILMAR, BUNYAN, COX CROSSROADS, GOOSE CREEK STATE
PARK, CHOCOWINITY, WASHINGTON PARK, GRIMESLAND, SIMPSON, AND
GARDNERVILLE.
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 3538 7732 3560 7728 3563 7688 3534 7687
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 266DEG 18KT 3547 7719
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SIMMS
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