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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
210 PM EDT Thu Jun 22 2023

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southeastern Washington County in eastern North Carolina…
Hyde County in eastern North Carolina…
Eastern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina…
Southwestern Tyrrell County in eastern North Carolina…
Northeastern Pamlico County in eastern North Carolina…

* Until 3:15 PM EDT.

* At 209 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Bunyan to Aurora Ferry Terminal to near Florence,
moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Emergency management. These thunderstorms have a history
of producing wind damage.

IMPACT…Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include…
Belhaven, Sladesville, Killkenny, Ransomville, Ponzer, Swindell
Fork, Scranton, Gum Neck, Kilkenny, Fairfield, Pungo, New Holland,
Pamlico Beach, Lowland, Woodley, Edward, Royal, Bonnerton, Rose Bay
and Bayview.

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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LAT…LON 3590 7628 3584 7620 3573 7610 3564 7605
3562 7597 3558 7590 3505 7664 3515 7660
3515 7674 3518 7653 3525 7660 3532 7650
3522 7680 3540 7695 3594 7637
TIME…MOT…LOC 1809Z 225DEG 44KT 3555 7696 3539 7677 3513 7653

TORNADO…POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT…CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT…RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE…<.75 IN
WIND THREAT…OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST…70 MPH