Weather Alerts-

Take shelter in place or per instructions

Newport - NC, US, National Weather Service

Pitt County

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Jones County in eastern North Carolina... Southeastern Greene County in eastern North Carolina... Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina... Craven County in eastern North Carolina... Pitt County in eastern North Carolina... Martin County in eastern North Carolina... Western Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina... Until 1000 PM EDT. At 839 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles south of Scotland Neck to near Deep Run, moving northeast at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Greenville, New Bern, Kinston, Washington, Winterville, Williamston, Ayden, River Road, James City, Trent Woods, Bethel, River Bend, Grifton, Phillips Crossroads, Stokes, Bell Arthur, Robersonville, Blounts Creek, Vanceboro, and Askins. 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. HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH