402  
WWUS82 KMHX 192055  
SPSMHX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC  
455 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2026  
 
NCZ091-092-198-192130-  
JONES NC-LENOIR NC-INLAND ONSLOW NC-  
455 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL JONES  
SOUTH CENTRAL  
LENOIR...WESTERN CRAVEN AND NORTHWESTERN ONSLOW COUNTIES THROUGH 530  
PM EDT...  
 
AT 455 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
PLEASANT HILL, OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HALF MOON, MOVING EAST AT 35  
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...  
PHILLIPS CROSSROADS, COMFORT, PLEASANT HILL, PETERSBURG, LOCO VFD,  
HARGETTS CROSSROADS, AND TRENTON.  
 
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.  
 
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR  
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3496 7767 3498 7768 3512 7760 3511 7725  
3510 7722 3484 7738  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 285DEG 29KT 3503 7757  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
RJ  
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