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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
414 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024

NCC061-103-107-133-242045-
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Jones NC-Lenoir NC-Onslow NC-Duplin NC-
414 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL JONES...SOUTH CENTRAL LENOIR...NORTHWESTERN ONSLOW
AND NORTHEASTERN DUPLIN COUNTIES...

At 413 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Beulaville, or
16 miles northeast of Wallace, moving east at 25 mph. At 412 PM EDT,
Duplin County Emergency Management reported hail ranging from
quarter to golf ball sized in Kenansville.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Jacksonville, Kornegay, Richlands, Beulaville, Catherine Lake,
Comfort, Kenansville, Potters Hill, Petersburg, Albert J Ellis
Airport, Richlands South, Sarecta, Pink Hill, Lyman, and Hargetts
Crossroads.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Newport.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

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LAT...LON 3490 7804 3511 7796 3501 7745 3475 7752
      3489 7802
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 288DEG 20KT 3493 7781

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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