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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1251 AM EDT Tue Apr 8 2025

NCZ204-205-080515-
Hatteras Island NC-Ocracoke Island NC-
1251 AM EDT Tue Apr 8 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN HYDE AND
SOUTHEASTERN DARE COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM EDT...

At 1249 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles northwest of Avon, or 11 miles north of Frisco, moving
northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Hatteras Island Fishing Pier, Salvo, Frisco, Avon, Waves, Avon Pier,
Rodanthe, and Buxton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

If on or near Pamlico Sound, get out of the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3566 7545 3530 7546 3518 7579 3532 7585
      3537 7569 3546 7570 3543 7580 3536 7586
      3540 7588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0449Z 234DEG 50KT 3541 7567

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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