Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 1:13PM EDT until March 16 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
March 16, 2026 - 10:13am
Expires:
March 16, 2026 - 11:00am
Description:
SVRMHX
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
Northern Onslow County in eastern North Carolina...
Southeastern Duplin County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 200 PM EDT.
* At 113 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cypress
Creek, or 14 miles west of New River Station, moving northeast at
50 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...
Jacksonville, New River Station, Half Moon, Pumpkin Center,
Phillips Crossroads, Richlands, Maysville, Kellum, Cypress Creek,
Catherine Lake, Comfort, Belgrade, Petersburg, Pleasant Hill, Wyse
Fork, Albert J Ellis Airport, Richlands South, Deppe, Haws Run, and
Loco VFD.
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.
Area Description:
Duplin, NC; Jones, NC; Onslow, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov