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WWUS82 KMHX 241917
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
317 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2026
NCZ094-196-241945-
EAST CARTERET NC-PAMLICO NC-
317 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL CARTERET AND
SOUTHEASTERN PAMLICO COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 317 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM FLORENCE TO NEAR NC PAMLICO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTH RIVER, FLORENCE, WHORTONSVILLE, NC PAMLICO, MERRITT, VANDEMERE,
AND MESIC.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 3523 7639 3493 7643 3497 7674 3523 7669
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 256DEG 18KT 3516 7662 3501 7666
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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