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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
935 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2012

NCZ092>095-221200-
JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYSVILLE...POLLOCKSVILLE...TRENTON...
NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE...BAYBORO...
ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL...
MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT
935 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2012

...SMOKE FROM THE CROATAN WILDFIRE WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CRAVEN COUNTY AND PAMLICO COUNTY
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...

A WILDFIRE BURNING IN THE CROATAN FOREST OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST
CRAVEN COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF SMOKE DOWN WIND
FROM THE FIRE. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH THIS EVENING WILL BECOME
WESTERLY LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL PUSH THE SMOKE PLUME FROM CENTRAL
INTO SOUTHERN CRAVEN COUNTY AND ACROSS MUCH OF PAMLICO COUNTY
WHERE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SMOKE WILL BE POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES
DOWN TO A HALF TO ONE MILE ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THE SMOKE IS
EXPECTED TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 70 BETWEEN HAVELOCK AND NEW
BERN AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 55...306 AND 101.

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


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