SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
728 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

NCC013-117-187-162345-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110416T2345Z/
WASHINGTON NC-MARTIN NC-BEAUFORT NC-
728 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BEAUFORT...SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN AND SOUTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHWICK...OR 9
MILES SOUTH OF WILLIAMSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
OTHER DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... JAMESVILLE...HINSON AND
DARDENS.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3586 7678 3587 7676 3576 7666 3546 7718
      3551 7718 3555 7715 3556 7709 3560 7715
      3566 7719 3568 7718 3570 7720 3588 7692
      3582 7690 3583 7686 3589 7684 3589 7681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 225DEG 45KT 3574 7701

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