Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Wayne County in central North Carolina... Nash County in central North Carolina... Edgecombe County in central North Carolina... Southern Halifax County in central North Carolina... Northeastern Wake County in central North Carolina... Wilson County in central North Carolina... Johnston County in central North Carolina... Franklin County in central North Carolina...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 752 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Creedmoor to 7 miles southwest of Zebulon to 6 miles southeast of Dunn, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include... Rocky Mount, Goldsboro, Tarboro, Smithfield, Nashville, Louisburg, Wilson, Wake Forest, Clayton and Mount Olive.

* AFFECTED AREAS: EDGECOMBE, NC ... FRANKLIN, NC ... HALIFAX, NC ... JOHNSTON, NC ... NASH, NC ... WAKE, NC ... WAYNE, NC ... WILSON, NC

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. 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.