Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 28 at 5:44PM EDT until June 28 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 28, 2026 - 2:44pm
Expires:
June 28, 2026 - 3:00pm
Description:
At 543 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pike Road, or
14 miles southeast of Plymouth, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Ponzer, Pungo, Woodley, Pike Road, Wenona, Pleasant Grove,
Scuppernong, Pungo Lake, Phelps Lake, 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.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Newport.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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: