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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
215 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2011

...NO TORNADO DAMAGE DISCOVERED NEAR ST. HELENA PENDER COUNTY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM FROM THE WILMINGTON...NC 
FORECAST OFFICE TRAVELED TO AREAS AROUND ST. HELENA IN PENDER COUNTY 
MONDAY MORNING. A THOROUGH INSPECTION OF THE AREA AND INTERVIEWS 
WITH MULTIPLE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA TURNED UP NO EVIDENCE THAT THE 
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE AREA HAD TOUCHDOWN. 
THEREFORE...A TORNADO IN THIS AREA CAN NOT BE CONFIRMED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.

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