Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Locations Affected

Jackson Heights, NC ∙ Kenansville, NC ∙ Deep Run, NC ∙ Kenansville Duplin County Airport, NC ∙ Pink Hill, NC ∙ Warsaw, NC ∙ La Grange, NC ∙ Calypso, NC ∙ Kinston, NC ∙ Albertson, NC

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 722 PM EDT Tue Aug 11 2026 The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central Jones County in eastern North Carolina... Southwestern Greene County in eastern North Carolina... Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina... Northern Duplin County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 830 PM EDT. * At 721 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Goldsboro to 8 miles north of Mount Olive, moving southeast at 30 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, Warsaw, La Grange, Mount Olive, Kornegay, Deep Run, Bowdens, Beautancus, Kenansville, Jason, Albertson, Sarecta, Faison, Pink Hill, Calypso, 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. 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. && LAT...LON 3519 7816 3518 7808 3519 7805 3519 7802 3518 7798 3517 7797 3517 7793 3515 7789 3516 7789 3518 7783 3533 7783 3538 7780 3540 7780 3525 7752 3500 7770 3490 7801 3502 7815 3508 7816 3509 7817 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 319DEG 24KT 3539 7796 3531 7813 3525 7828 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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