Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 29 at 12:19AM EDT until July 29 at 1:00AM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 28, 2026 - 9:19pm
Expires:
July 28, 2026 - 10:00pm
Description:
SVRMHX
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Hyde County in eastern North Carolina...
Southeastern Dare County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 100 AM EDT.
* At 1218 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Bodie Island Lighthouse to 10 miles northwest
of Frisco to near Ocracoke Ferry Terminal, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Frisco, Buxton, Salvo, Avon, Waves, Rodanthe, Hatteras Ferry
Terminal, Ocracoke Ferry Terminal, Avon Pier, Cape Hatteras
Lighthouse, Hatteras Island Fishing Pier, Bodie Island Lighthouse,
Ocracoke Lighthouse, 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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Dare, NC; Hyde, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov