WWUS52 KMHX 071936 SVSMHX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 336 PM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025 NCC061-079-107-072030- /O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-250407T2030Z/ Greene NC-Lenoir NC-Duplin NC- 336 PM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR GREENE...LENOIR AND NORTHERN DUPLIN COUNTIES... At 334 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Fremont to near Goldsboro to 6 miles northeast of Mount Olive to near Beautancus to Warsaw, moving northeast at 65 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Automated Weather Observation. At 320 PM, a 64 mph wind gust was reported Mount Olive. These thunderstorms also produced wind gusts of 60 to 65 mph over the past hour for areas further west. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Dawson, Walstonburg, Snow Hill, Sandy Bottom, La Grange, Lizzie, Shine, Kornegay, Pink Hill, Graingers, Calypso, Kinston, Institute, Albertson, Jason, Faison, Beautancus, Maury, Ormondsville, and Warsaw. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in Newport. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3519 7816 3519 7802 3515 7789 3518 7783 3538 7780 3557 7782 3565 7769 3557 7761 3552 7750 3535 7742 3530 7745 3525 7743 3523 7747 3524 7752 3516 7751 3507 7760 3501 7773 3498 7770 3488 7815 TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 247DEG 57KT 3553 7801 3541 7797 3524 7796 3516 7798 3502 7806 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ Martin