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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
112 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2026
NCZ047-203-201800-
MAINLAND DARE NC-NORTHERN OUTER BANKS NC-
112 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL DARE COUNTY THROUGH 200
PM EDT...
AT 111 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT OVER MANNS HARBOR, OR 11 MILES
NORTH OF STUMPY POINT, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS WATERS. GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS
AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANNS HARBOR, MASHOES, MANTEO, ROANOKE ISLAND FESTIVAL PARK,
WANCHESE, BODIE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE, AND OUTER BANKS FISHING PIER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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.
LAT...LON 3586 7594 3598 7585 3588 7548 3568 7560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 295DEG 16KT 3587 7579
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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