Expires:202405152245;Remove:202405152245;273933 WUUS52 KMHX 152156 SVRMHX NCC031-049-103-133-152245- /O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0048.240515T2156Z-240515T2245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 556 PM EDT Wed May 15 2024 The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Jones County in eastern North Carolina... South central Craven County in eastern North Carolina... East central Onslow County in eastern North Carolina... Southwestern Carteret County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 556 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Swansboro, or 10 miles southeast of Piney Green, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Morehead City, Stella, Swansboro, Hubert, Cape Carteret, Pine Knoll Shores, Silverdale, Broad Creek, Kuhns, Peletier, Bogue, Hammocks Beach, Bogue Inlet Pier, Hammocks Beach State Park, Cedar Point, and Indian Beach. 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 3458 7722 3469 7731 3498 7702 3469 7680 TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 241DEG 16KT 3465 7719 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ TL