THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA…
NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA…
* UNTIL 1130 AM EST
* AT 1048 AM EST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER BARKER TEN MILE…OR NEAR LUMBERTON…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
LUMBERTON…ST. PAULS…SMITHS…WHITE OAK…HOWELLSVILLE…TOLARSVILLE…
ROBESON COMMUNITY COLLEGE…TOBERMORY…AMMON…HESTERTOWN…JEROME…
DUART…BARKER TEN MILE…PARKTON…TAR HEEL AND SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL
MEDICAL CENTER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 IN NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17
AND 38.
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 IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED…CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON AT 800 – 6 9 7 – 3901. THIS
ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
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