Weather Alerts For Williston, NC

# HEADLINE -------------------- HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Heat index values up to 109 expected. Areas near the coast may briefly see heat index values in excess of 110 degrees. WHERE Most of mainland eastern North Carolina. WHEN From 11 AM this morning to 7 PM EDT this evening. IMPACTS Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. ISSUED AT Sunday, July 19, 2026 at 2:09 AM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC HEADER URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- West Carteret, Beaufort, Coastal Onslow, Duplin, East Carteret, Greene, Inland Onslow, Jones, Lenoir, Mainland Dare, Mainland Hyde, Northern Craven, Pamlico, Pitt, Southern Craven, Tyrrell, Washington Including the cities of Walstonburg, La Grange, Arapahoe, Plymouth, Cove City, Belhaven, Fairfield Harbor, Grimesland, Sea Level, Sneads Ferry, Warsaw, Roper, Ernul, Jacksonville, Swanquarter, Kinston, Newport, Harkers Island, Engelhard, Dover, Fairfield, Swansboro, East Lake, Scranton, Wallace, Bath, Trenton, Manns Harbor, Half Moon, Morehead City, North Topsail Beach, Beulaville, Maysville, Bayboro, Vandemere, New Bern, Havelock, Snow Hill, Pollocksville, Stella, Grifton, Faison, Columbia, Beaufort, Gum Neck, Washington, Emerald Isle, Chocowinity, River Bend, Aurora, Greenville, Creswell, Farmville, Stumpy Point, Oriental, Kenansville, Bethel, Cedar Island, Hookerton, Richlands, Atlantic Beach, Pink Hill, Vanceboro, and Ponzer

# HEADLINE -------------------- BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Dangerous rip currents and strong longshore currents in the surf zone. WHERE The beaches from Cape Hatteras to Surf City. WHEN From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. IMPACTS Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Strong longshore currents will create dangerous swimming conditions. ADDITIONAL DETAILS The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 6:00 AM and 6:30 PM. ISSUED AT Sunday, July 19, 2026 at 4:21 AM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC HEADER Coastal Hazard Message # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. Strong longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties and other hazardous areas. In many cases, the longshore current is strong enough to prevent swimmers from being able to keep their feet on the bottom making it difficult to return to shore. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Hatteras Island, Coastal Onslow, East Carteret, Ocracoke Island, West Carteret

There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH GEORGIA INTO SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND ACROSS THE DAKOTAS INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA SUMMARY Scattered damaging wind gusts are possible this afternoon over portions of the Southeast. Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of severe wind gusts and large hail are possible late this afternoon through the evening across parts of the Upper Midwest. Southeast Water-vapor imagery this morning shows a mid-level trough over the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Northeast U.S. moving east towards the western Atlantic. A seasonably strong cold front over the OH Valley eastward into the northern Mid-Atlantic states, will push south before weakening over VA. A very moist airmass evident in 12 UTC area raobs (14-15 g/kg lowest 100-mb mean mixing ratios) will heat/destabilize across VA into the southern Appalachians. Scattered thunderstorms will likely develop by midday into the early afternoon both over the higher terrain and near the front. Slightly stronger westerly flow over VA into the northern half of NC will favor eastward-moving clusters this afternoon. High PW and steepened low-level lapse rates will likely favor water-loading within the stronger downdrafts. Scattered 50-60 mph gusts capable of wind damage will be the primary hazard. Farther southwest over GA into AL, a couple of bands of storms may yield wind-damage potential with the stronger downdrafts. Isolated severe gusts are also possible across parts of the central FL Peninsula northward into southern GA. Upper Midwest A mid-level anticyclone will remain centered over the central Rockies as an upper speed max intensifies and overspreads MT eastward into MN. An associated mid-level trough initially over Alberta will pivot east-southeast into Manitoba and adjacent portions of ND-MN. Southerly low-level flow will advect richer moisture northward into the Dakotas/MN region during the day. Models show a relatively narrow tongue of 60s to near 70 F dewpoints to the east of lee trough. In between a southeastward-moving cool front and the lee trough, deep boundary layer mixing is expected. Models generally show 1500-3000 J/kg MLCAPE over the Dakotas by mid afternoon beneath 70 to 90-kt westerly 200-mb flow. Widely scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across the Dakotas by mid to late afternoon as convective inhibition erodes. Elongated, straight hodographs and effective shear around 40 kt will support an initial supercell mode. Very large hail (1 to 3.5 inches in diameter) is possible with a few of these supercells. As additional storms develop towards the early evening, convective outflow and additional storm mergers may lead to upscale growth of a severe-wind producing linear cluster (most probable over the eastern ND into adjacent SD-MN). Peak gusts with this activity are forecast in the 60-85 mph range. These storms will move east into parts of the eastern Dakotas and western MN before eventually weakening overnight.