Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
757 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
  Onslow County in eastern North Carolina...
  Southeastern Duplin County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 757 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Albert J
  Ellis Airport, or 12 miles west of Half Moon, moving east at 30
  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, New River Station, Pumpkin Center, Piney Green, Half
  Moon, Camp Lejeune Center, Swansboro, Hubert, Richlands,
  Beulaville, Maysville, Catherine Lake, Kellum, Cypress Creek,
  Midway Park, Comfort, Chinquapin, Belgrade, Potters Hill, and
  Petersburg.

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3474 7782 3502 7781 3502 7775 3501 7773
      3502 7770 3504 7718 3465 7722
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 276DEG 27KT 3487 7769

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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