Meteorologist Tom Lonka with the National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City said, “It won't have a name to it, but it's still going to be a heavy rain producer and some strong gusty winds with that. And along with that, there's going to be the possibility of severe weather in the form of some damaging winds and isolated tornadoes.”
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