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WFUS52 KMHX 152234
TORMHX
NCC013-117-147-152300-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
634 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
MARTIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 634 PM EDT, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER STOKES, OR 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENVILLE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PACTOLUS AROUND 645 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE OAK
CITY, PARMELE, BEARGRASS, GRIMESLAND, FALKLAND, HAMILTON, EVERETTS,
SMITHWICK, HASSELL, AND GOLD POINT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT, A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3601 7721 3593 7719 3594 7713 3593 7709
3594 7705 3589 7702 3589 7704 3586 7704
3586 7701 3590 7694 3586 7689 3553 7713
3572 7758 3580 7747 3581 7742 3583 7739
3582 7735 3591 7734 3600 7741 3607 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 297DEG 20KT 3571 7726
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
RJ
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