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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
521 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025

NCZ090-198-182200-
Inland Onslow NC-Duplin NC-
521 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ONSLOW AND
SOUTHEASTERN DUPLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

At 520 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms capable of producing a landspout over Cypress Creek, or
14 miles west of Half Moon, moving southeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Landspouts and wind gusts up to 40 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...
Jacksonville, Richlands, Beulaville, Cypress Creek, Catherine Lake,
Chinquapin, Petersburg, Albert J Ellis Airport, Richlands South,
Greenevers, Lyman, and Haws Run.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 3496 7754 3469 7746 3465 7765 3472 7768
      3472 7795 3491 7796
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 334DEG 5KT 3478 7771

LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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