Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
700 WWUS52 KMHX 242014 SVSMHX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 414 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 NCC061-103-107-133-242045- /O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-240524T2045Z/ Jones NC-Lenoir NC-Onslow NC-Duplin NC- 414 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL JONES...SOUTH CENTRAL LENOIR...NORTHWESTERN ONSLOW AND NORTHEASTERN DUPLIN COUNTIES... At 413 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Beulaville, or 16 miles northeast of Wallace, moving east at 25 mph. At 412 PM EDT, Duplin County Emergency Management reported hail ranging from quarter to golf ball sized in Kenansville. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Jacksonville, Kornegay, Richlands, Beulaville, Catherine Lake, Comfort, Kenansville, Potters Hill, Petersburg, 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. To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in Newport. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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 3490 7804 3511 7796 3501 7745 3475 7752 3489 7802 TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 288DEG 20KT 3493 7781 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Simms