Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 6 at 3:40PM EDT until July 6 at 4:30PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 6, 2026 - 12:40pm
Expires:
July 6, 2026 - 1:30pm
Description:
SVRMHX
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Greene County in eastern North Carolina...
Northeastern Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Craven County in eastern North Carolina...
South central Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 430 PM EDT.
* At 339 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Graingers, or
7 miles northeast of Kinston, moving east at 20 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...
Greenville, Kinston, Ayden, Grifton, Graingers, and Gardnerville.
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 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:
Craven, NC; Greene, NC; Lenoir, NC; Pitt, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Sender: