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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
200 PM EDT Wed Aug 12 2026

NCZ044-079>081-090>092-094-193>196-198-199-130800-
/O.NEW.KMHX.HT.Y.0021.260813T1500Z-260814T0000Z/
Pitt-Greene-Beaufort-Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-
Northern Craven-Southern Craven-West Carteret-East Carteret-
Inland Onslow-Coastal Onslow-
Including the cities of Bath, La Grange, Emerald Isle, Dover, Harkers
Island, Morehead City, Atlantic Beach, Chocowinity, Aurora,
Beulaville, North Topsail Beach, Pollocksville, Sea Level, Hookerton,
Maysville, Greenville, Bethel, Cedar Island, Fairfield, Half Moon,
Beaufort, Trenton, Wallace, Arapahoe, Pink Hill, Swanquarter, Stella,
Washington, Kenansville, Faison, River Bend, Ponzer, Warsaw, Ernul,
Snow Hill, Havelock, Engelhard, Newport, New Bern, Kinston, Scranton,
Grifton, Grimesland, Walstonburg, Belhaven, Bayboro, Vandemere,
Vanceboro, Swansboro, Sneads Ferry, Fairfield Harbor, Richlands,
Jacksonville, Farmville, Cove City, and Oriental
200 PM EDT Wed Aug 12 2026

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Heat index values up to 107 expected.

* WHERE...Most of eastern North Carolina.

* WHEN...From 11 AM to 8 PM EDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
  illnesses.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

&&

$$

RJ