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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

SVRMHX The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Pitt County in eastern North Carolina... Martin County in eastern North Carolina... Northwestern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 606 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bethel, or 11 miles southeast of Tarboro, moving southeast at 25 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... Greenville, Washington, Williamston, Bethel, Stokes, Robersonville, House, Pactolus, Old Ford, Gold Point, Grimesland, Hamilton, Oak City, Smithwick, Parmele, Everetts, Falkland, Hassell, and Beargrass.