SVSMHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 523 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016 NCC031-049-103-133-192145- /O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160719T2145Z/ ONSLOW NC-CARTERET NC-CRAVEN NC-JONES NC- 523 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL ONSLOW...SOUTHWESTERN CARTERET...SOUTH CENTRAL CRAVEN AND SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTIES... AT 522 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SWANSBORO...OR 7 MILES EAST OF PINEY GREEN...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...MOREHEAD CITY...NEW RIVER STATION...PINEY GREEN... CAMP LEJEUNE CENTER...PUMPKIN CENTER...SWANSBORO...CAPE CARTERET... BOGUE INLET PIER...HAMMOCKS BEACH STATE PARK...SNEADS FERRY... SEA VIEW PIER...CEDAR POINT AND INDIAN BEACH. 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 3477 7754 3495 7705 3468 7684 3444 7747 TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 329DEG 14KT 3474 7719 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...60MPH $$