If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

At 1042 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bogue Inlet Pier, or 10 miles southwest of Morehead City, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Jacksonville, Morehead City, Newport, Harkers Island, Swansboro, Cape Carteret, North River, Straits, Pine Knoll Shores, Harlowe, Broad Creek, Wildwood, Peletier, Bogue, North Harlowe, Hammocks Beach, Onslow Beach, Hammocks Beach State Park, Michael J Smith Airport, and Oceana Pier.