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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
658 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2026
NCZ090>092-202330-
JONES NC-LENOIR NC-DUPLIN NC-
658 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN JONES...LENOIR
NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN AND NORTHERN DUPLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM
EDT...
AT 657 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF DEEP RUN TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MOUNT OLIVE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
KINSTON, LA GRANGE, MOUNT OLIVE, DEEP RUN, BEAUTANCUS, GRAINGERS,
WYSE FORK, ALBERTSON, KINSTON REGIONAL JETPORT, FAISON, CALYPSO, AND
SANDY BOTTOM.
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.
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.
THESE STORMS 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.
LAT...LON 3519 7816 3518 7808 3519 7805 3519 7802
3518 7798 3517 7797 3517 7793 3515 7789
3516 7789 3518 7784 3535 7782 3533 7749
3513 7745 3507 7760 3508 7816 3509 7817
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 229DEG 13KT 3522 7771 3524 7818
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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