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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
348 PM EDT Tue May 28 2024

...Martin County Storm Survey Update...

This will be the final storm survey unless more information comes
into the office. A survey team spent the majority of the day
across southwestern and southern Martin County. Overall very
minor, sporadic damage was found. With sporadic damage and no
clearly defined path, it has been concluded this was consistent
with straightline winds at this time.

The first area of interest was on a line from near Parmele to
Robersonville to Everetts, to just southwest of Williamston. This
damage was very sporadic and was mainly along and south of Highway
64. A few branches or small limbs were down. Some tin was lifted
off a farm outbuilding near Everett`s and Wynn Road, but the
building was of poor construction. A larger limb was down along
Wynn Road, with a few smaller branches along Bailey Road. Winds
estimated in this area were likely around 60 MPH. The damage area
was too sporadic and inconsistent to find a defined path and thus
as of now, would be classified as straightline wind damage
associated with a severe thunderstorm.

A second area of interest was followed farther south from near
Bear Grass, across Highway 17 to south of Jamesville. Despite
transversing the potential path of rotation, no damage was found
for the majority of the trip. At the end, two large trees were
found uprooted along Brown Road. One of the the trees did show
signs of being blown in the opposite direction of the storm
motion, but no other damage was found outside of this location to
come up with a path. Winds here were estimated to be between 70
and 75 MPH, lower on the scale for uprooted trees due to the
swampy and wet ground they were growing in. The damage area
was too sporadic and inconsistent to find a defined path and thus
as of now, would be classified as straightline wind damage
associated with a severe thunderstorm.

This will be the final survey on this event unless further
evidence is presented.


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Heden/RJ