Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 5 at 3:47PM EDT until September 5 at 4:30PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 5, 2026 - 12:47pm
Expires:
September 5, 2026 - 1:30pm
Description:
SVRMHX
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Greene County in eastern North Carolina...
Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 430 PM EDT.
* At 347 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northwest
of Farmville, moving southeast at 25 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...
Greenville, Winterville, Farmville, Bethel, Stokes, Snow Hill, Bell
Arthur, House, Bruce, Maury, Ormondsville, Roundtree, Lizzie, East
Carolina University, Pitt Greenville Airport, Dowdy Ficklen
Stadium, Fountain, Hookerton, Castoria, and Walstonburg.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.
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 this storm. 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 this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Greene, NC; Pitt, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov