WUUS52 KMHX 071949 SVRMHX NCC079-107-147-072015- /O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0016.250407T1949Z-250407T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 349 PM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025 The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Greene County in eastern North Carolina... Northeastern Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina... Southwestern Pitt County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 415 PM EDT. * At 348 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Snow Hill, or 10 miles south of Farmville, moving east at 55 mph. THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR Snow Hill. HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. * Locations impacted include... Walstonburg, Maury, Ormondsville, Bell Arthur, Snow Hill, Castoria, Lizzie, Shine, Grifton, Hookerton, Fort Run VFD, Ayden, Winterville, Jason, Bull Head VFD, Roundtree, Farmville, and Greenville. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION with tornado like wind speeds expected. Mobile homes and high profile vehicles are especially susceptible to winds of this magnitude and may be overturned. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This storm has the potential to cause serious injury and significant property damage. This is a potentially deadly storm. Seek shelter in an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built structure. Abandon vehicles in search of a more substantial permanent structure. Stay away from windows. Please send your reports of hail and/or wind damage, including trees or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office in Newport at 1-800-889-6889. && LAT...LON 3561 7739 3535 7738 3538 7779 3559 7780 TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 256DEG 47KT 3546 7766 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH $$ Martin