Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 7:27PM EDT until March 16 at 8:45PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
March 16, 2026 - 4:27pm
Expires:
March 16, 2026 - 5:45pm
Description:
SVRMHX
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
Greene County in eastern North Carolina...
Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Craven County in eastern North Carolina...
Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
Western Onslow County in eastern North Carolina...
Martin County in eastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina...
Duplin County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 845 PM EDT.
* At 727 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles north of Smithfield to 6 miles northeast of
Elizabethtown, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Greenville, Jacksonville, Kinston, Washington, Winterville,
Williamston, Ayden, Farmville, Wallace, Warsaw, La Grange, Half
Moon, Mount Olive, Bethel, Grifton, Phillips Crossroads, Kornegay,
Stokes, Rose Hill, and Snow Hill.
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:
Beaufort, NC; Craven, NC; Duplin, NC; Greene, NC; Jones, NC; Lenoir, NC; Martin, NC; Onslow, NC; Pitt, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov