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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
539 PM EDT Wed Apr 23 2025
 

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539 PM EDT Wed Apr 23 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL JONES...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...CENTRAL LENOIR...NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL PITT COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...

At 538 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Kinston, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 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...
Dawson, Grifton, Fort Barnwell, Graingers, Ormondsville, Hookerton,
Kinston, Sandy Bottom, Wyse Fork, Kinston Regional Jetport, and
Dover.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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LAT...LON 3509 7753 3518 7772 3552 7756 3533 7722
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 212DEG 41KT 3523 7758 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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