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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
724 PM EDT SUN MAR 16 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* AT 723 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER MALPASS CORNER, OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURGAW,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BURGAW AROUND 730 PM EDT.
MURRAY TOWN AROUND 735 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WATHA,
PENDER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, AND ST. HELENA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 388 AND 402.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND/OR WIND DAMAGE, INCLUDING TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED, BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN WILMINGTON AT 1-800-697-3901.
LAT...LON 3437 7802 3443 7813 3473 7807 3473 7801
3471 7798 3472 7794 3472 7771
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 216DEG 38KT 3448 7805
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
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