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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
656 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026
NCZ090>092-198-060000-
JONES NC-LENOIR NC-INLAND ONSLOW NC-DUPLIN NC-
656 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN JONES
SOUTHWESTERN
LENOIR...NORTHWESTERN ONSLOW AND DUPLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM
EDT...
AT 656 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BEAUTANCUS TO NEAR WHITE STOCKING.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 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...
JACKSONVILLE, KINSTON, NEW RIVER STATION, HALF MOON, KORNEGAY,
RICHLANDS, BEULAVILLE, DEEP RUN, CATHERINE LAKE, CYPRESS CREEK,
BEAUTANCUS, COMFORT, KENANSVILLE, CHINQUAPIN, POTTERS HILL,
PETERSBURG, PLEASANT HILL, ALBERTSON, ALBERT J ELLIS AIRPORT, AND
RICHLANDS SOUTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3518 7798 3517 7797 3517 7793 3515 7789
3516 7789 3518 7783 3521 7783 3525 7752
3469 7738 3465 7765 3472 7768 3472 7791
3517 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 254DEG 25KT 3513 7799 3462 7779
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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