Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Locations Affected

Kinston Stallings Field, NC ∙ Dover, NC ∙ Deep Run, NC ∙ Grifton, NC ∙ Kinston, NC ∙ Jackson Heights, NC

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 625 PM EDT Wed Jul 8 2026 The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Jones County in eastern North Carolina... South central Greene County in eastern North Carolina... Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina... West central Craven County in eastern North Carolina... South central Pitt County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 624 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wyse Fork, or 7 miles southeast of Kinston, moving south at 15 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, Deep Run, Dawson, Graingers, Wyse Fork, Kinston Regional Jetport, Dover, and Sandy Bottom. 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. && LAT...LON 3534 7777 3539 7738 3510 7731 3506 7772 TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 344DEG 14KT 3523 7750 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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