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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
604 PM EDT Fri Sep 11 2026

NCC049-103-107-112245-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-260911T2245Z/
Jones NC-Lenoir NC-Craven NC-
604 PM EDT Fri Sep 11 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN JONES...CENTRAL LENOIR AND WEST CENTRAL CRAVEN
COUNTIES...

At 604 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Phillips
Crossroads, or 12 miles southeast of Kinston, and is nearly
stationary.

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...
Kinston, Phillips Crossroads, Wyse Fork, Dover, and Cove City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3506 7736 3508 7759 3512 7760 3528 7761
      3525 7728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 187DEG 4KT 3514 7747

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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