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021 
WFUS52 KRAH 162015
TORRAH
NCC085-101-163-162100-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0024.110416T2015Z-110416T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
415 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  EAST CENTRAL HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 412 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 11 MILES
  WEST OF SPIVEY'S CORNER...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LILLINGTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BENSON...
  FOUR OAKS...
  SMITHFIELD...
  SELMA...PINE LEVEL...
  MICRO...

* THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...
  BENSON...
  FOUR OAKS...
  SMITHFIELD...
  SELMA...PINE LEVEL...
  MICRO...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION! TAKE 
COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY 
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR 
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS 
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING 
DEBRIS.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2 OR NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3547 7812 3524 7856 3537 7865 3574 7823
      3573 7821 3572 7820 3572 7818 3571 7816
      3567 7816 3560 7813 3559 7810 3556 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 232DEG 41KT 3528 7869

$$

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697 
WWUS52 KRAH 162025
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
425 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

NCC085-101-163-162100-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110416T2100Z/
SAMPSON NC-HARNETT NC-JOHNSTON NC-
425 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
JOHNSTON...EAST CENTRAL HARNETT AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON
COUNTIES...

AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING 
A DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BENSON...OR 13 
MILES EAST OF LILLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
OTHER DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH.

THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...FOUR OAKS...SMITHFIELD... 
SELMA...PINE LEVEL...PRINCETON...MICRO AND KENLY.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION! TAKE 
COVER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A 
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR 
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS 
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING 
DEBRIS.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3547 7812 3524 7856 3537 7865 3574 7823
      3573 7821 3572 7820 3572 7818 3571 7816
      3567 7816 3560 7813 3559 7810 3556 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 232DEG 41KT 3535 7858

$$

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377 
WWUS52 KRAH 162034
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
434 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

NCC085-162042-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110416T2100Z/
HARNETT NC-
434 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HARNETT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO JOHNSTON 
COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HARNETT COUNTY.

IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3547 7812 3527 7850 3532 7854 3534 7854
      3541 7860 3574 7823 3572 7820 3572 7818
      3571 7816 3567 7816 3560 7813 3559 7810
      3556 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 233DEG 45KT 3540 7843

$$

NCC101-162100-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110416T2100Z/
JOHNSTON NC-
434 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR JOHNSTON
COUNTY...

AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS WERE TRACKING A DESTRUCTIVE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WITH VISIBLE DEBRIS.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FOUR OAKS...OR 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SMITHFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
OTHER DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH.

THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...SELMA...PINE LEVEL...SMITHFIELD... 
PRINCETON...MICRO AND KENLY.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION! TAKE 
COVER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A 
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR 
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS 
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING 
DEBRIS.

REPEATING...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...SELMA...PINE 
LEVEL...SMITHFIELD... PRINCETON...MICRO AND KENLY.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3547 7812 3527 7850 3532 7854 3534 7854
      3541 7860 3574 7823 3572 7820 3572 7818
      3571 7816 3567 7816 3560 7813 3559 7810
      3556 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 233DEG 45KT 3540 7843

$$

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377 
WWUS52 KRAH 162034
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
434 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

NCC085-162042-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110416T2100Z/
HARNETT NC-
434 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HARNETT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO JOHNSTON 
COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HARNETT COUNTY.

IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3547 7812 3527 7850 3532 7854 3534 7854
      3541 7860 3574 7823 3572 7820 3572 7818
      3571 7816 3567 7816 3560 7813 3559 7810
      3556 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 233DEG 45KT 3540 7843

$$

NCC101-162100-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110416T2100Z/
JOHNSTON NC-
434 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR JOHNSTON
COUNTY...

AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS WERE TRACKING A DESTRUCTIVE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WITH VISIBLE DEBRIS.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FOUR OAKS...OR 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SMITHFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
OTHER DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH.

THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...SELMA...PINE LEVEL...SMITHFIELD... 
PRINCETON...MICRO AND KENLY.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION! TAKE 
COVER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A 
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR 
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS 
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING 
DEBRIS.

REPEATING...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...SELMA...PINE 
LEVEL...SMITHFIELD... PRINCETON...MICRO AND KENLY.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3547 7812 3527 7850 3532 7854 3534 7854
      3541 7860 3574 7823 3572 7820 3572 7818
      3571 7816 3567 7816 3560 7813 3559 7810
      3556 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 233DEG 45KT 3540 7843

$$

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603 
WWUS52 KRAH 162042
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
442 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

NCC101-162100-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110416T2100Z/
JOHNSTON NC-
442 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR JOHNSTON
COUNTY...

AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING 
A DESTRUCTIVE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR FOUR OAKS...OR NEAR SMITHFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 
MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
OTHER DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH.

THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR... SELMA...SMITHFIELD...PINE 
LEVEL...PRINCETON...MICRO AND KENLY.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE 
COVER IMMEDIATELY! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A 
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR 
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS 
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING 
DEBRIS.

REPEATING...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...SELMA...SMITHFIELD... 
PINE LEVEL...PRINCETON...MICRO AND KENLY.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3547 7812 3534 7837 3549 7851 3574 7823
      3572 7820 3571 7816 3567 7816 3560 7813
      3559 7810 3556 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 222DEG 37KT 3548 7836

$$

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