Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 12 at 2:15PM EDT until March 12 at 2:45PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
March 12, 2026 - 11:15am
Expires:
March 12, 2026 - 11:45am
Description:
SVRMHX
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
South central Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Onslow County in eastern North Carolina...
Southeastern Duplin County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 245 PM EDT.
* At 215 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Petersburg,
or 7 miles north of Half Moon, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Jacksonville, Kinston, Half Moon, Phillips Crossroads, Richlands,
Cypress Creek, Catherine Lake, Comfort, Potters Hill, Petersburg,
Pleasant Hill, Albert J Ellis Airport, Richlands South, Hargetts
Crossroads, and Trenton.
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.
Area Description:
Duplin, NC; Jones, NC; Lenoir, NC; Onslow, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov