500
WWUS82 KMHX 192155
SPSMHX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
555 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2026
NCZ029-045-080-081-192245-
BEAUFORT NC-WASHINGTON NC-MAINLAND HYDE NC-MARTIN NC-
555 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL WASHINGTON
NORTHWESTERN HYDE...SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN AND NORTHEASTERN BEAUFORT
COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 555 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HINSON, OR 7 MILES WEST OF PLYMOUTH, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILLIAMSTON, PLYMOUTH, PUNGO, PIKE ROAD, WENONA, HINSON, WESTOVER,
ROPER, LONG ACRE VFD, JAMESVILLE, AND DARDENS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
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 3589 7702 3589 7704 3586 7704 3586 7701
3590 7692 3586 7689 3581 7689 3585 7684
3589 7683 3586 7677 3587 7675 3592 7671
3593 7672 3594 7674 3593 7669 3591 7647
3559 7662 3580 7715 3595 7705
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 289DEG 21KT 3581 7688
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
MARTIN
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