WWUS82 KMHX 210657 SPSMHX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 257 AM EDT Sun Apr 21 2024 NCZ090-198-199-210730- Coastal Onslow NC-Inland Onslow NC-Duplin NC- 257 AM EDT Sun Apr 21 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ONSLOW AND SOUTHEASTERN DUPLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 330 AM EDT... At 256 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Cypress Creek, or 14 miles east of Wallace, moving east at 30 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... Jacksonville, Half Moon, Cypress Creek, Verona, Catherine Lake, Dixon, Chinquapin, Albert J Ellis Airport, Richlands South, Lyman, and Haws Run. 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. && LAT...LON 3459 7762 3472 7768 3472 7783 3487 7783 3488 7745 3457 7745 TIME...MOT...LOC 0656Z 270DEG 27KT 3475 7774 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$ 8