SEVERE WEATHER IN BEAUFORT COUNTY

Published 4:47 pm Thursday, May 21, 2015

Washington, Chocowinity cleared of severe weather. Tornado warning for Bath, into eastern Beaufort County and Hyde County. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN PAMLICO COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHWESTERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... NORTH CENTRAL CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 426 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER VANCEBORO...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF NEW BERN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VANCEBORO AND AURORA.