Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 7:22PM EDT until August 11 at 8:30PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 11, 2026 - 4:22pm
Expires:
August 11, 2026 - 5:30pm
Description:
SVRMHX
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
Southwestern Greene County in eastern North Carolina...
Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina...
Northern Duplin County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 830 PM EDT.
* At 721 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Goldsboro to 8 miles north of Mount Olive, moving
southeast at 30 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...
Kinston, Warsaw, La Grange, Mount Olive, Kornegay, Deep Run,
Bowdens, Beautancus, Kenansville, Jason, Albertson, Sarecta,
Faison, Pink Hill, Calypso, and Sandy Bottom.
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.
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:
Duplin, NC; Greene, NC; Jones, NC; Lenoir, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov