WUUS52 KMHX 072001 SVRMHX NCC079-107-117-147-072100- /O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0017.250407T2001Z-250407T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 401 PM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025 The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Greene County in eastern North Carolina... Northeastern Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina... Pitt County in eastern North Carolina... Southern Martin County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 500 PM EDT. * At 359 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Roundtree, or near Ayden, moving east at 45 mph. THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR Winterville and Greenville. HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Law enforcement. These thunderstorms have a history of producing damaging winds. 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... Maury, Ormondsville, Farmville, Bell Arthur, Black Jack, Greenville, Gardnerville, Lizzie, House, Shelmerdine, East Carolina University, Pitt Greenville Airport, Dowdy Ficklen Stadium, Grifton, Graingers, Grimesland, Hookerton, Ayden, Calico, and Winterville. 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. 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 3572 7717 3570 7719 3568 7717 3564 7717 3561 7714 3560 7715 3559 7712 3555 7712 3552 7718 3550 7717 3542 7719 3540 7720 3539 7724 3535 7725 3538 7729 3533 7735 3534 7740 3532 7743 3530 7760 3562 7766 TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 252DEG 38KT 3551 7750 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH $$ Martin