THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA…
CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA…
* UNTIL 1245 PM EST
* AT 1203 PM EST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR ELKTON…OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITEVILLE…AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WHITEVILLE…ELIZABETHTOWN…ROWAN…LAGOON…COUNCIL…HALLSBORO…
KELLY…ELKTON…CARVERS…LISBON…EMERSON…CLARKTON…WHITE LAKE…
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND BLADEN COUNTY HOSPITAL.
THIS INCLUDES US ROUTE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 390 AND 399.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.
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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