Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC
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WUUS52 KMHX 162240
SVRMHX
NCC147-162330-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
640 PM EDT Sun Aug 16 2026
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 730 PM EDT.
* At 640 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over House, or
near Greenville, moving south at 15 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...
Greenville, Stokes, House, Pactolus, East Carolina University, Pitt
Greenville Airport, Dowdy Ficklen Stadium, and Simpson.
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.
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LAT...LON 3572 7747 3575 7721 3554 7720 3553 7750
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 357DEG 13KT 3567 7740
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Martin