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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
223 PM EDT THU MAR 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.
* AT 222 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYSVILLE, OR 12 MILES NORTH OF PUMPKIN CENTER,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 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...
NEW BERN, TRENT WOODS, RIVER BEND, AND RHEMS AROUND 230 PM EDT.
JAMES CITY, COASTAL CAROLINA REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND FAIRFIELD
HARBOUR AROUND 235 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DEPPE,
BRIDGETON, LOCO VFD, AND POLLOCKSVILLE.
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.
LAT...LON 3493 7745 3520 7698 3518 7697 3515 7699
3511 7693 3505 7695 3504 7694 3507 7692
3503 7693 3500 7688 3503 7687 3503 7686
3500 7686 3497 7681 3486 7673 3485 7688
3484 7688 3483 7696 3481 7696 3477 7737
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 241DEG 58KT 3496 7729
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
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