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028 NOUS42 KMHX 262044 PNSMHX NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-262230- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 444 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2014 ...NWS METEOROLOGISTS ARE CURRENTLY SURVEYING STORM DAMAGE NEAR CHICOD IN PITT COUNTY THAT EXTENDED INTO EASTERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IMPACTING CHOCOWINITY AND WHICHARDS BEACH... ...UPDATE TORNADO IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AT WHICHARDS BEACH RATED EF3 WITH WINDS ESTIMATED 150 MPH. NO FATALITIES...16 INJURIES...150 TO 200 HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING A STORM SURVEY FOR THE AREA NEAR CHICOD IN PITT COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA TO WHICHARDS BEACH IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. THE SURVEY IS IN RELATION TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA YESTERDAY. THE SURVEY IS ONGOING BUT WE HAVE CONFIRMED THERE WERE MULTIPLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS AND HERE ARE SOME PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF INTENSITY. NEAR CHICOD...LOW END EF2. NEAR CHOCOWINITY...MODERATE EF2. NEAR WHICHARDS BEACH...EF3 WINDS ESTIMATED 150 MPH. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THESE ARE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES AS THE SURVEY IS ONGOING. A FINAL ASSESSMENT INCLUDING RESULTS OF THE SURVEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED AND TRANSMITTED VIA A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW. $$