979  
WWUS82 KMHX 051940  
SPSMHX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC  
340 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2026  
 
NCZ090-092-094-193-194-198-052015-  
JONES NC-INLAND ONSLOW NC-NORTHERN CRAVEN NC-PAMLICO NC-DUPLIN NC-  
SOUTHERN CRAVEN NC-  
340 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT JONES...CENTRAL CRAVEN
 
NORTHERN  
ONSLOW...SOUTHERN BEAUFORT...SOUTHEASTERN DUPLIN AND WEST CENTRAL  
PAMLICO COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...  
 
AT 339 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR VANCEBORO TO CYPRESS CREEK. MOVEMENT WAS  
EAST AT 25 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...  
JACKSONVILLE, NEW BERN, NEW RIVER STATION, PUMPKIN CENTER, PINEY  
GREEN, HALF MOON, CAMP LEJEUNE CENTER, JAMES CITY, TRENT WOODS, RIVER  
BEND, RICHLANDS, MAYSVILLE, ASKINS, CATHERINE LAKE, KELLUM, CYPRESS  
CREEK, MIDWAY PARK, COMFORT, JASPER, AND TUSCARORA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3472 7782 3528 7721 3524 7687 3522 7685  
3521 7666 3468 7735  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 275DEG 23KT 3531 7723 3475 7771  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
SIMMS  
 
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