North Carolina Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 06/23/2026 13:08

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 23 at 4:08PM EDT until June 23 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
June 23, 2026 - 1:08pm
Expires: 
June 23, 2026 - 2:00pm
Description: 
SVRMHX The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Washington County in eastern North Carolina... Hyde County in eastern North Carolina... West central Dare County in eastern North Carolina... Eastern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina... Tyrrell County in eastern North Carolina... Northern Pamlico County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 500 PM EDT. * At 408 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Columbia to near Winsteadville to 6 miles north of Grantsboro, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Belhaven, Sladesville, Killkenny, Ransomville, Ponzer, Swindell Fork, Scranton, Gull Rock, Alligator, Gum Neck, Kilkenny, Fairfield, Mashoes, Manteo, Pungo, New Holland, Pamlico Beach, Lowland, Columbia, and East Lake.
Instruction: 
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 these storms. 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.
Area Description: 
Beaufort, NC; Dare, NC; Hyde, NC; Pamlico, NC; Tyrrell, NC; Washington, NC
Forcast Office: 
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC