Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 28 at 11:45PM EDT until July 29 at 12:15AM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 28, 2026 - 8:45pm
Expires:
July 28, 2026 - 9:15pm
Description:
SVRMHX
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Hyde County in eastern North Carolina...
Dare County in eastern North Carolina...
Southeastern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina...
Southeastern Tyrrell County in eastern North Carolina...
Northeastern Pamlico County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 1215 AM EDT.
* At 1145 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Buffalo City to Swindell Fork to South Creek,
moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Stumpy Point, Sladesville, Killkenny, Ransomville, Manns Harbor,
Swindell Fork, Scranton, Gull Rock, Gum Neck, Kilkenny, Fairfield,
New Holland, Pamlico Beach, Lowland, Nebraska, Bonnerton, Rose Bay,
Winsteadville, South Creek, and Lake Landing.
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.
Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning
is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Beaufort, NC; Dare, NC; Hyde, NC; Pamlico, NC; Tyrrell, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov