995  
WWUS82 KMHX 240401  
SPSMHX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC  
1201 AM EDT MON AUG 24 2026  
 
NCZ196-240430-  
EAST CARTERET NC-  
1201 AM EDT MON AUG 24 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL CARTERET COUNTY THROUGH  
1230 AM EDT...  
 
AT 1201 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
STACY, OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF HARKERS ISLAND, MOVING EAST AT 15  
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...  
SEALEVEL, ATLANTIC, DAVIS, SMYRNA, WILLISTON, AND STACY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
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.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3475 7653 3491 7653 3493 7619 3470 7642  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 274DEG 12KT 3482 7642  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
RJ  
 
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