Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. 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.

SVRMHX The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Jones County in eastern North Carolina... Craven County in eastern North Carolina... Hyde County in eastern North Carolina... Southeastern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina... Pamlico County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 700 PM EDT. * At 558 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Yeatesville to Blounts Creek to near Wyse Fork, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Public. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... New Bern, Havelock, James City, Trent Woods, River Bend, Phillips Crossroads, Belhaven, Swindell Fork, Sladesville, Ransomville, Ponzer, Scranton, Gull Rock, Fairfield, New Holland, Blounts Creek, Pamlico Beach, Maysville, Vanceboro, and Askins.