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.

SVRMHX The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Jones County in eastern North Carolina... Central Craven County in eastern North Carolina... Southern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina... Pamlico County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 545 AM EDT. * At 500 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Jasper to near Rhems to near Catfish Lake, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... New Bern, Washington, James City, Trent Woods, River Bend, Ransomville, Blounts Creek, Vanceboro, Askins, Cayton, Florence, Jasper, Tuscarora, Rhems, Janeiro, Edward, Grantsboro, Royal, Bonnerton, and Cox Crossroads.