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WFUS01 KMHX 170418
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NCC049-147-170500-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT NC
1226 AM EDT TUE SEP 17 1996
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
...WESTERN CRAVEN COUNTY...SOUTHERN PITT COUNTY
AT 1216 AM WEATHER RADAR AND THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND
OVER EASTERN LENOIR COUNTY BETWEEN GRIFTON AND FORT BARNWELL. THIS STORM
WILL MOVE ALONG THE PITT-CRAVEN COUNTY LINE WITH THE TORNADO AFFECTING
AREAS FROM CALICO TO VANCEBORO AROUND 1230 AM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
JME/RVT