Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
844 WWUS52 KMHX 070042 SVSMHX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 842 PM EDT Thu Jun 6 2024 NCC049-103-107-070100- /O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-240607T0100Z/ Jones NC-Lenoir NC-Craven NC- 842 PM EDT Thu Jun 6 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL JONES...CENTRAL LENOIR AND WEST CENTRAL CRAVEN COUNTIES... At 840 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kinston, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Emergency management. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Trees were reported blown down in the Sandy Bottom community. Locations impacted include... Kinston, Grifton, Dawson, Graingers, Wyse Fork, Kinston Regional Jetport, and Dover. 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. && LAT...LON 3515 7769 3534 7770 3535 7768 3535 7764 3538 7761 3538 7760 3537 7759 3540 7754 3541 7753 3542 7751 3541 7749 3543 7748 3537 7745 3537 7743 3535 7743 3535 7741 3533 7736 3514 7734 TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 255DEG 31KT 3529 7759 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ TL