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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
321 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2026
NCZ090-092-198-242000-
JONES NC-INLAND ONSLOW NC-DUPLIN NC-
321 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL JONES
NORTHWESTERN
ONSLOW AND SOUTHEASTERN DUPLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 321 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR COMFORT TO NEAR CHINQUAPIN. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 25 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...
JACKSONVILLE, HALF MOON, PHILLIPS CROSSROADS, RICHLANDS, BEULAVILLE,
MAYSVILLE, CATHERINE LAKE, COMFORT, CHINQUAPIN, POTTERS HILL,
PETERSBURG, BELGRADE, ALBERT J ELLIS AIRPORT, RICHLANDS SOUTH, LYMAN,
LOCO VFD, AND HARGETTS CROSSROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3510 7743 3492 7711 3492 7712 3471 7763
3488 7793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 284DEG 21KT 3504 7746 3487 7779
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
RCF
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