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WWUS82 KMHX 202014
SPSMHX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
414 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2026
NCZ204-205-202045-
HATTERAS ISLAND NC-OCRACOKE ISLAND NC-
414 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN HYDE AND
SOUTHEASTERN DARE COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 413 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A GUST FRONT OUT AHEAD OF
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM BUXTON TO 9 MILES
SOUTH OF GULL ROCK. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 25 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...
FRISCO, BUXTON, HATTERAS FERRY TERMINAL, OCRACOKE FERRY TERMINAL,
OCRACOKE LIGHTHOUSE, AND CAPE HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3531 7547 3511 7547 3504 7572 3505 7602
3531 7608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 009DEG 21KT 3527 7551 3528 7606
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
RCF
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