Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Locations Affected

Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge, NC ∙ Engelhard, NC ∙ New Lake, NC ∙ Lake Mattamuskeet, NC ∙ Phelps Lake, NC ∙ Kilkenny, NC ∙ Fairfield, NC

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 737 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Washington County in eastern North Carolina... Northeastern Hyde County in eastern North Carolina... West central Dare County in eastern North Carolina... Southern Tyrrell County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 815 PM EDT. * At 737 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles northeast of Fort Landing to Alligator Lake, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Killkenny, Gum Neck, Kilkenny, Fairfield, New Holland, Nebraska, Lake Landing, Middletown, Fort Landing, Phelps Lake, Lake Mattamuskeet, Frying Pan Landing, Pungo Lake, and Alligator Lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 3550 7584 3546 7588 3541 7622 3580 7660 3584 7596 3561 7564 TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 310DEG 23KT 3569 7592 3563 7636 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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