If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

At 557 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Pamlico Beach to Royal to near Wilmar. Movement was southeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Blounts Creek, Pamlico Beach, Askins, Cayton, Lowland, Florence, Edward, Grantsboro, Royal, Cox Crossroads, South Creek, Bonnerton, Maribel, Merritt, Ernul, Aurora Ferry Terminal, Bayboro, Alliance, Aurora, and Stonewall.