Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 5 at 5:10PM EDT until September 5 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 5, 2026 - 2:10pm
Expires:
September 5, 2026 - 3:00pm
Description:
SVRMHX
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
Southeastern Greene County in eastern North Carolina...
Northeastern Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Craven County in eastern North Carolina...
Southeastern Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 600 PM EDT.
* At 509 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Grifton, or 9
miles south of Ayden, 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...
Kinston, Grifton, Phillips Crossroads, Vanceboro, Askins,
Shelmerdine, Calico, Fort Barnwell, Jasper, Tuscarora, Graingers,
Wyse Fork, Ernul, Dover, Cove City, Gardnerville, and Trenton.
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.
Area Description:
Craven, NC; Greene, NC; Jones, NC; Lenoir, NC; Pitt, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov