798  
WWUS82 KMHX 051938  
SPSMHX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC  
338 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2026  
 
NCZ029-045-046-080-081-094-193-052030-  
BEAUFORT NC-WASHINGTON NC-MAINLAND HYDE NC-NORTHERN CRAVEN NC-  
TYRRELL NC-MARTIN NC-PAMLICO NC-  
338 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WASHINGTON
 
NORTH CENTRAL  
CRAVEN...NORTHWESTERN HYDE...SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN...BEAUFORT...  
NORTHWESTERN TYRRELL AND NORTHERN PAMLICO COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM  
EDT...  
 
AT 338 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF PLYMOUTH TO NEAR WILMAR.  
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 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...  
WASHINGTON, PLYMOUTH, RIVER ROAD, BELHAVEN, SLADESVILLE, RANSOMVILLE,  
PONZER, SCRANTON, PINETOWN, PUNGO, BLOUNTS CREEK, PAMLICO BEACH,  
VANCEBORO, LOWLAND, CAYTON, COLUMBIA, WILMAR, BONNERTON, WENONA, AND  
PIKE ROAD.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3600 7620 3520 7655 3528 7721 3590 7695  
3590 7694 3586 7689 3582 7690 3581 7688  
3585 7684 3589 7683 3586 7676 3594 7669  
3593 7674 3596 7672 3597 7665  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 270DEG 29KT 3587 7688 3535 7711  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
SIMMS  
 
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