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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
545 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL DARE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.
* AT 545 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BODIE ISLAND
LIGHTHOUSE, OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF STUMPY POINT, MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BODIE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE AND OUTER BANKS FISHING PIER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND/OR WIND DAMAGE, INCLUDING TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED, BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN NEWPORT AT 1-800-889-6889.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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.
LAT...LON 3579 7545 3580 7560 3588 7562 3590 7550
3582 7546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 265DEG 12KT 3583 7557
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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