WUUS52 KMHX 082342 SVRMHX NCC049-103-133-090030- /O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0052.260708T2342Z-260709T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 742 PM EDT Wed Jul 8 2026 The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Jones County in eastern North Carolina... Southern Craven County in eastern North Carolina... Northern Onslow County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 830 PM EDT. * At 742 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of Comfort, or 8 miles northeast of Half Moon, moving southeast at 15 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, Half Moon, Maysville, Kellum, Belgrade, Richlands South, Deppe, and Loco VFD. 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. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are 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 3494 7747 3501 7741 3501 7731 3489 7709 3475 7749 3485 7759 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 317DEG 14KT 3493 7738 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ 41