703
WWUS82 KMHX 241949
SPSMHX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
349 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2026
NCZ196-242030-
EAST CARTERET NC-
349 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CARTERET COUNTY
THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 348 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LANDSPOUT NEAR SOUTH RIVER, OR 13 MILES WEST
OF CEDAR ISLAND, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...LANDSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS
COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED
OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CEDAR ISLAND, SOUTH RIVER, SEALEVEL, ATLANTIC, STACY, AND CEDAR
ISLAND FERRY TERMINAL.
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 3497 7667 3507 7659 3501 7617 3482 7640
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 294DEG 13KT 3497 7655
LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
RCF
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