Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 28 at 11:48PM EDT until July 29 at 12:30AM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 28, 2026 - 8:48pm
Expires:
July 28, 2026 - 9:30pm
Description:
SVRMHX
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Dare County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 1230 AM EDT.
* At 1148 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Duck Coe Pier to Manns Harbor, moving east at
20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Kill Devil Hills, Southern Shores, Nags Head, Manteo, Sanderling,
Colington, Whalebone, Duck Coe Pier, Jockeys Ridge State Park,
Roanoke Island Festival Park, Wright Brothers National Monument,
Nags Head Fishing Pier, Avalon Pier, and Outer Banks Fishing Pier.
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.
Area Description:
Dare, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov