057  
WWUS81 KAKQ 202013  
SPSAKQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
413 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
NCZ030>032-202100-  
BERTIE NC-PERQUIMANS NC-CHOWAN NC-  
413 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN PERQUIMANS
 
 
SOUTHEASTERN BERTIE AND SOUTHERN CHOWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM  
EDT...  
 
AT 412 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR VALHALLA TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINDSOR.  
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. WIND IMPACTING HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE  
VEHICLES.  
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
CAPE COLONY AROUND 440 PM EDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE MERRY HILL, WOODARD,  
EDENHOUSE, SAINT JOHNS, MOUNT GOULD, MACEDONIA, HANCOCK, MIDWAY, AND  
SOMERSET.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR  
NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3583 7690 3586 7690 3590 7692 3588 7698  
3614 7682 3611 7643 3603 7646 3601 7651  
3601 7658 3606 7662 3604 7666 3593 7674  
3594 7673 3595 7671 3594 7669 3587 7675  
3586 7678 3589 7683 3585 7683 3582 7687  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 258DEG 18KT 3612 7674 3591 7687  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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