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... Onslow County in eastern North Carolina... Southeastern Duplin County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 600 PM EDT. * At 506 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near White Stocking, or 8 miles east of Burgaw, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Jacksonville, North Topsail Beach, New River Station, Pumpkin Center, Piney Green, Half Moon, Camp Lejeune Center, Swansboro, Hubert, Richlands, Catherine Lake, Folkstone, Silverdale, Kellum, Cypress Creek, Midway Park, Verona, Dixon, Belgrade, and Petersburg.