WUUS52 KMHX 210342 SVRMHX NCC061-210430- /O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0027.240421T0342Z-240421T0430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 1142 PM EDT Sat Apr 20 2024 The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Duplin County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 1230 AM EDT. * At 1142 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of Harrells, or 12 miles southeast of Clinton, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Wallace, Rose Hill, Harrells, Magnolia, Greenevers, and Teachey. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from windows. 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 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3490 7815 3493 7815 3490 7784 3473 7794 3472 7794 3472 7799 3473 7802 3473 7803 3472 7811 3471 7813 3472 7815 3474 7820 TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 295DEG 16KT 3483 7824 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ RJ