Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 28 at 5:26PM EDT until June 28 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 28, 2026 - 2:26pm
Expires:
June 28, 2026 - 3:00pm
Description:
SVRMHX
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Washington County in eastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Hyde County in eastern North Carolina...
Northeastern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina...
Tyrrell County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 600 PM EDT.
* At 525 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wenona, or 10
miles southeast of Plymouth, moving east 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...
Killkenny, Ponzer, Alligator, Gum Neck, Kilkenny, Pungo, Columbia,
Woodley, Pike Road, Wenona, Pleasant Grove, Scuppernong, Phelps
Lake, Frying Pan Landing, Pungo Lake, Alligator Lake, Mackeys,
Roper, and Creswell.
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.
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.
Area Description:
Beaufort, NC; Hyde, NC; Tyrrell, NC; Washington, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Sender: