428  
WWUS82 KMHX 241755  
SPSMHX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC  
155 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2026  
 
NCZ198-199-241845-  
COASTAL ONSLOW NC-INLAND ONSLOW NC-  
155 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN ONSLOW COUNTY  
THROUGH 245 PM EDT...  
 
AT 154 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
MAPLE HILL, OR 11 MILES WEST OF NEW RIVER STATION, MOVING EAST AT 20  
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...  
JACKSONVILLE, NEW RIVER STATION, PUMPKIN CENTER, CAMP LEJEUNE CENTER,  
MIDWAY PARK, FOLKSTONE, VERONA, DIXON, ONSLOW BEACH, SNEADS FERRY,  
AND HAWS RUN.  
 
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 3453 7760 3473 7768 3479 7734 3451 7727  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 263DEG 18KT 3465 7764  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
RCF  
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