000 WWUS82 KMHX 280721 SPSMHX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 321 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2009 NCZ090-098-280815- DUPLIN-ONSLOW- 321 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ONSLOW AND DUPLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM EDT... AT 320 AM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WALLACE...AND...TEACHEY AT 335 AM EDT...GREENEVERS AT 345 AM EDT...CHINQUAPIN AT 355 AM EDT...LYMAN...AND...BEULAVILLE AT 400 AM EDT. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. $$ CULLEN