Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 3:54PM EDT until March 16 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
March 16, 2026 - 12:54pm
Expires:
March 16, 2026 - 2:00pm
Description:
SVRMHX
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Hyde County in eastern North Carolina...
Dare County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 353 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Middletown to 28 miles south of Hatteras Ferry
Terminal, 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...
Kill Devil Hills, Stumpy Point, Frisco, Buxton, Salvo, Manns
Harbor, Waves, Avon, Gull Rock, Nags Head, Rodanthe, Mashoes,
Manteo, Colington, Whalebone, Nebraska, Middletown, Roanoke Island
Festival Park, Nags Head Fishing Pier, and Bodie Island Lighthouse.
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.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for eastern North
Carolina.
Area Description:
Dare, NC; Hyde, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov