Wow! One nasty looking storm.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
453 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHWESTERN NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 449 PM EDT...EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED A DESTRUCTIVE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WITH VISIBLE DEBRIS OVER SELMA...OR OVER SMITHFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITHTHIS STORM.
* THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...
MICRO...
KENLY...
LUCAMA...