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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
419 PM EDT MON OCT 12 2026
..EF2 PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS IN DUPLIN COUNTY
TOP WINDS 115-125 MPH. PATH WIDTH AND DISTANCE TBD TUESDAY OR
WEDNESDAY DUE TO POTENTIAL LONG, AT TIMES, CONTINUOUS PATH.
MAJOR DAMAGE LOCATION 1 (2 WNW WALLACE NC) EF2. TOP WINDS 115 MPH.
TWO CAR GARAGE LIFTED AND MOVED OFF FOUNDATION COMPLETELY. GARAGE
WAS ANCHORED BY TOE NAILING AND REBAR/BOLTS. MAJORITY OF BOLTS
RIPPED OUT OF CONCRETE. LITTLE TO NO DAMAGE NEARBY HOUSE. ALONG
HIGHWAY 41. MULTIPLE PINE TREES SNAPPED AT BASE. CONVERGENT DAMAGE
PATTERN OF TREES, NARROW PATH, AND LEAF LITTER AND LARGE BRANCHES
BLOWN OPPOSITE OF STORM PATH AND INTO ROOF.
MAJOR DAMAGE LOCATION 2 (6 SW BEULAVILLE NC) EF2. TOP WINDS 125 MPH.
1000 POUND PLUS FEED SILO ANCHORED INTO CONCRETE WITH SIX BOLTS
LIFTED OUT OF CONCRETE. NEARBY BARN HAD COMPLETE DESTRUCTION.
ANCHORING WAS TOE NAILED AND WHILE THE STRUCTURE HAD REBAR AND BOLTS
INTO THE FOUNDATION. THIS DID NOT EXTEND INTO THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE,
THEREFORE THE WIND SPEED WAS REDUCED. IT WAS AT THIS LOCATION THE
STRONGEST VELOCITY ROTATION WAS FOUND ON RADAR WITH DEBRIS LOFTED UP
TO APPROX 13,000 FEET.
PRIOR TO THIS DAMAGE, AN ATTACHED GARAGE WAS LIFTED AND MOVED OFF
FOUNDATION COMPLETELY. GARAGE WAS NOT ANCHORED BY TOE NAILING OR
REBAR/BOLTS. GARAGE DID DRAG A FULL SIZE PICK UP TRUCK MULTIPLE
FEET, BENDING NEARBY METAL POLES ANCHORED INTO GROUND WITH CONCRETE.
TOP WIND HERE CLOSER TO 100 DUE TO THE LACK OF ANCHORING. MULTIPLE
HARDWOOD TREES SNAPPED AT BASE. CONVERGENT DAMAGE PATTERN OF TREES,
NARROW PATH, AND LEAF LITTER BLOWN OPPOSITE OF STORM PATH.
MARTIN/HEDEN
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