Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
537 WUUS52 KMHX 241955 SVRMHX NCC061-103-107-133-242045- /O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0053.240524T1955Z-240524T2045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 355 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central Jones County in eastern North Carolina... Southwestern Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina... Northwestern Onslow County in eastern North Carolina... Central Duplin County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 445 PM EDT. * At 355 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kenansville, or 11 miles east of Warsaw, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Jacksonville, Warsaw, Kornegay, Richlands, Beulaville, Catherine Lake, Comfort, Kenansville, Potters Hill, Petersburg, Pleasant Hill, Albert J Ellis Airport, Richlands South, Sarecta, Pink Hill, Lyman, and Hargetts Crossroads. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please send your reports of hail and/or wind damage, including trees or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office in Newport at 1-800-889-6889. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. && LAT...LON 3492 7811 3513 7802 3507 7744 3475 7752 TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 284DEG 20KT 3498 7789 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Simms