If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for central North Carolina.

At 631 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Bunn, or 11 miles southeast of Louisburg, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Rocky Mount, Nashville, Wilson, Zebulon, Elm City, Dortches, Bailey, Bunn, Sharpsburg, and Spring Hope.