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... 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.