[STORMREPORTS] Severe Storms, Possible Tornados in NC Sunday
FULL STORY (RALEIGH):
QUOTES:
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for southern Wake
Trisha Palmer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Raleigh
A dispatcher with the Harnett County Sheriff's department said they were
FULL STORY (HARNETT COUNTY):
QUOTES:
Sunday's tornado left it littered with downed trees, power lines and a lot
NWS REPORT:
STORM REPORT OF TORNADO IN NORTHWEST HARNETT COUNTY... SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE WHICH OCCURRED
ONE EYEWITNESS WAS INTERVIEWED WHO ACTUALLY SAW THE TORNADO AS IT
REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN THE AREA FIRST ARRIVED AROUND 510 PM EDT ON
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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (ferrell{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Thu May 06 2004 - 08:04:43 EDT
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/8574453.htm?1c
"RALEIGH, N.C. - Severe thunderstorms rolled through central North Carolina
on Sunday, bringing high winds and heavy rain to the region.
County, reporting a tornado sighting shortly after 5 p.m. The weather
service said its Doppler radar indicated a tornado 5 miles southwest of
Fuquay-Varina and 9 miles north of Lillington in Harnett County.
office, said they had received reports of roofs blown off homes east of
Smithfield and in Angier. She also said some trees were blown down in
Goldsboro, and in Edgecombe County.
assessing damage in the area and had reports of downed trees."
http://rdu.news14.com/content/headlines/?ArID=46769&SecID=2
"People living in northern Harnett County are starting to sift through the
mess Sunday's tornado left behind. The National Weather Service has
determined an F-1 tornado hit the area Sunday evening.
of debris."
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/nc/public.html
MAY 2, 2004.
ALONG CHRISTIAN LIGHT ROAD IN NORTHWEST HARNETT COUNTY YESTERDAY
EVENING AND CONFIRMED THAT THE DAMAGE RESULTED FROM A TORNADO. THERE
WERE NO INJURIES...BUT THERE WAS ROOF DAMAGE TO 3 HOMES AND A TREE
FELL UPON A MOBILE HOME. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO SEVERAL SHEDS AND
VEHICLES IN THE VICINITY OF THESE HOMES. APPROXIMATELY 3 DOZEN
LARGER TREES (DIAMETER TO 20 INCHES) WERE TWISTED AND SNAPPED OFF.
THE DAMAGE EXHIBITED A CIRCULATORY PATTERN INDICATIVE OF A TORNADO.
TOUCHED DOWN...AND 3 OTHER INDIVIDUALS CONFIRMED THAT THEY HEARD THE
CHARACTERISTIC TRAIN-LIKE SOUND PRIOR TO THE DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE PATH
WAS MEASURED AT 2 1/4 MILES AND THE WIDTH OF THE DAMAGE PATH WAS
APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS. A PRELIMINARY RATING OF F-1 ON THE FUJITA
SCALE...WHICH RATES TORNADOES ACCORDING TO THE SEVERITY OF
DAMAGE...HAS BEEN ASSIGNED THIS TORNADO.
SUNDAY...MAY 2. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT OVER
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AT THE TIME. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
RALEIGH HAD ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HARNETT COUNTY
AT 436 PM AND A TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR NORTHERN HARNETT
COUNTY AT 503 PM.
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