* WHAT. Southwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 4 to 7 ft expected. * WHERE. The coastal waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Surf City. * WHEN. From 8 AM Thursday to 8 AM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS. Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

At 535 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Council, or 12 miles northeast of Whiteville, moving east at 15 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. Rowan, Sandyfield, Carvers, Lisbon, Elkton, Emerson, Council, Kelly, Clarkton, and East Arcadia.

* WHAT. Southwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 4 to 7 ft expected. * WHERE. The coastal waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Surf City. * WHEN. From 8 AM Thursday to 8 AM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS. Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 207 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA BLADEN ROBESON IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA DARLINGTON DILLON FLORENCE MARION MARLBORO THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BENNETTSVILLE, BLADENBORO, DARLINGTON, DILLON, ELIZABETHTOWN, FLORENCE, HARTSVILLE, LUMBERTON, MARION, MCCOLL, MULLINS, AND NORTH HARTSVILLE.