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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
544 AM EDT SAT SEP 14 2019
..TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR NEW BERN IN CRAVEN COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA
LOCATION...NEW BERN IN CRAVEN COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA
DATE...SEPTEMBER 5TH 2019
ESTIMATED TIME...500 PM TO 501 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE
RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...65 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...0.1 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...35.106121/-77.037982
ENDING LAT/LON...35.106909/-77.039100
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0
* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
..SUMMARY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC HAS CONFIRMED
A TORNADO NEAR NEW BERN IN CRAVEN COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA ON SEPTEMBER
5TH 2019.
A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR CITY HALL IN DOWNTOWN NEW BERN.
DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY CONCENTRATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF POLLOCK AND
CRAVEN STREETS. THE DAMAGE WAS MOSTLY MINOR CONSISTING OF NUMEROUS
SMALLER LIMBS THAT WERE SNAPPED ALONG WITH A TRASH CAN BLOWN OVER. ALONG
CRAVEN STREET A LARGER PART OF A TREE WAS BROKEN ALONG WITH SOME DAMAGE
TO AN AWNING. TOP WINDS OF AROUND 65 MPH WERE ESTIMATED.
THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/NEWPORT.
FOR REFERENCE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH
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