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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
519 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

NCZ092-093-095-098-181530-
JONES-CRAVEN-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYSVILLE...POLLOCKSVILLE...TRENTON...
NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...
EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT...JACKSONVILLE
519 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

A WILDFIRE BURNING IN THE CROATAN FOREST ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST
CRAVEN COUNTY WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF SMOKE ACROSS THE REGION. LIGHT
EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL PUSH THE SMOKE
PLUME ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN CARTERET...EASTERN ONSLOW AND EASTERN
JONES COUNTIES. LATER THIS MORNING...AS LOW LEVEL WINDS BECOME
MORE EAST TO SOUTHEAST...THE SMOKE WILL IMPACT MUCH OF JONES
COUNTY AND THE CENTRAL AND POSSIBLY NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CRAVEN
COUNTY.

HIGHWAY 58 WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY SMOKE EARLY...THEN HIGHWAY 
17 THIS MORNING...POSSIBLY REACHING HIGHWAY 70 IN THE NEW BERN
AREA IN THE AFTERNOON.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN REDUCED VISIBILITIES
DUE TO SMOKE...AND EARLY MORNING FOG. SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR
HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A
SUDDEN STOP IS REQUIRED.


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