Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 11 at 6:04PM EDT until September 11 at 6:45PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 11, 2026 - 3:04pm
Expires:
September 11, 2026 - 3:45pm
Description:
At 604 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Phillips
Crossroads, or 12 miles southeast of Kinston, and is nearly
stationary.
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, Phillips Crossroads, Wyse Fork, Dover, and Cove City.
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.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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.
Area Description:
Craven, NC; Jones, NC; Lenoir, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov