Expires:202206031915;Remove:202206031915;068498 WFUS52 KMHX 031824 TORMHX NCC013-095-177-187-031915- /O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0007.220603T1824Z-220603T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Tornado Warning National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 224 PM EDT Fri Jun 3 2022 The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Southeastern Washington County in eastern North Carolina... Northwestern Hyde County in eastern North Carolina... Northeastern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina... Southwestern Tyrrell County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 315 PM EDT. * At 223 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Pungo Lake, or 13 miles southeast of Plymouth, moving southeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail. 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. * Locations impacted include... Kilkenny, Killkenny, Ponzer, Fairfield, Pungo, Pike Road, Wenona, Pungo Lake, Phelps Lake and Alligator Lake. 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. Life-threatening flash flooding is also occuring or is imminent. Avoid taking shelter in flooded or flood prone areas. If indoors, move to an interior room on the lowest dry floor. If in a car,seek shelter in a sturdy building away from the flooding. Please send your reports of wind and/or hail damage, including trees or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office in Newport at 1-800-889-6889. && LAT...LON 3567 7672 3585 7665 3580 7615 3548 7626 TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 297DEG 61KT 3571 7658 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN $$ 27