Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
527 WWUS52 KMHX 242025 SVSMHX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 425 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 NCC103-107-242034- /O.CAN.KMHX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-240524T2045Z/ Jones NC-Lenoir NC- 425 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL JONES AND SOUTH CENTRAL LENOIR COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. && LAT...LON 3489 7801 3501 7791 3489 7748 3475 7752 3488 7800 TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 297DEG 20KT 3489 7783 $$ NCC061-133-242045- /O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-240524T2045Z/ Onslow NC-Duplin NC- 425 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN ONSLOW AND EAST CENTRAL DUPLIN COUNTIES... At 424 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Beulaville, or 13 miles northeast of Wallace, moving southeast at 25 mph. At 412 PM EDT, Duplin County Emergency Management reported quarter to golf ball sized hail in Kenansville. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Jacksonville, Richlands, Beulaville, Catherine Lake, Albert J Ellis Airport, Richlands South, Sarecta, and Lyman. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in Newport. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. && LAT...LON 3489 7801 3501 7791 3489 7748 3475 7752 3488 7800 TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 297DEG 20KT 3489 7783 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Simms