Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 27 at 2:12PM EDT until September 27 at 3:15PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 27, 2024 - 11:12am
Expires:
September 27, 2024 - 12:15pm
Description:
SVRMHX
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
Southeastern Greene County in eastern North Carolina...
Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Craven County in eastern North Carolina...
Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
Martin County in eastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 315 PM EDT.
* At 211 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Bethel to near Pitt Greenville Airport to near
Ayden to near Phillips Crossroads, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Greenville, New Bern, Kinston, Washington, Winterville,
Williamston, Ayden, Farmville, Bethel, River Bend, Grifton,
Phillips Crossroads, Stokes, Bell Arthur, Robersonville, Deep Run,
Vanceboro, House, Shelmerdine, and Pactolus.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
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.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM EDT for eastern North
Carolina.
Area Description:
Beaufort, NC; Craven, NC; Greene, NC; Jones, NC; Lenoir, NC; Martin, NC; Pitt, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC