Severe Thunderstorm Warning 05/05/2025 12:55 for North Carolina areas

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 5 at 3:55PM EDT until May 5 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 5, 2025 - 12:55pm
Expires: 
May 5, 2025 - 1:45pm
Description: 
SVRMHX The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Pitt County in eastern North Carolina... Southeastern Martin County in eastern North Carolina... Northwestern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 445 PM EDT. * At 354 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Washington, moving northeast at 20 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... Old Ford, Grimesland, Pinetown, Chocowinity, Washington Park, Smithwick, Pactolus, Washington, and Greenville.
Instruction: 
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.
Area Description: 
Beaufort, NC; Martin, NC; Pitt, NC
Forcast Office: 
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC