Severe Thunderstorm Warning North Carolina | Effective 03/16/2026 10:54

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 1:54PM EDT until March 16 at 3:00PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
March 16, 2026 - 10:54am
Expires: 
March 16, 2026 - 12:00pm
Description: 
SVRMHX The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Jones County in eastern North Carolina... Southeastern Greene County in eastern North Carolina... Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina... Craven County in eastern North Carolina... Pitt County in eastern North Carolina... Northern Onslow County in eastern North Carolina... Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina... Eastern Duplin County in eastern North Carolina... Pamlico County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 300 PM EDT. * At 154 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Comfort, or 13 miles north of Half Moon, moving northeast at 45 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, Jacksonville, New Bern, Kinston, Washington, Winterville, Ayden, Pumpkin Center, River Road, Half Moon, James City, Trent Woods, River Bend, Grifton, Phillips Crossroads, Kornegay, Stokes, Richlands, Ransomville, and Bell Arthur.
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. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for eastern North Carolina.
Area Description: 
Beaufort, NC; Craven, NC; Duplin, NC; Greene, NC; Jones, NC; Lenoir, NC; Onslow, NC; Pamlico, NC; Pitt, NC
Forcast Office: 
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov