Here are the Local Storm Reports from NWS on the NC tornadoes of
yesterday, thanks Chris!
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From: ENCWW <stormchaser{at}coastalnet.com>
Subject: Storm Report -211814 (AUTOMATIC)
>Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 18:14:25 -0600
>From: Charley Kline <kline{at}ux2.cso.uiuc.edu>
>Subject: Storm Report -211814 (AUTOMATIC)
>Sender: owner-wx-lsr{at}POSTOFFICE.CSO.UIUC.EDU
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>ZCZC DD+ 72772
>WWUS30 KRNK 220012
>LSRRNK
>LOCAL STORM REPORT
>NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
>710 PM EST SAT MAR 21 1998
>
>...UPDATED STORM REPORT FOR MARCH 20TH BASED ON GROUND SURVEY...
>
>TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
> ....COUNTY LOCATION....
>
>325 PM 1 SW MAYODAN NC TORNADO
>3/20/98 ROCKINGHAM *** 2 DEAD, 26+ INJ ***
>
>TORNADO FORMED ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF MAYODAN AROUND 325
>PM...TRAVELED NORTHEAST AND STRUCK STONEVILLE AROUND 337 PM...AND
>THEN CONTINUED MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST BEFORE DISSIPATING ABOUT 3
>MILES NORTHWEST OF EDEN AROUND 349 PM. THE TORNADO DAMAGED OR
>DESTROYED 500 TO 600 RESIDENCES AND DAMAGED OR DESTROYED NEARLY ALL
>BUSINESSES IN STONEVILLE AND SOME BUSINESSES IN MAYODAN. THE TORNADO
>TOSSED A TRUCK ABOUT 60 FEET....CARRIED A CINDER BLOCK AND AN EMPTY
>BOAT TRAILER ABOUT A QUARTER MILE AND LIFTED A 25000 POUND FIRE
>TRUCK OFF THE GROUND AND SET IT DOWN ABOUT 60 FEET AWAY. THE TORNADO
>PATH WAS 12 MILES LONG AND GENERALLY FROM 100 TO 400 YARDS WIDE.
>HOWEVER...IN SOME PLACES DAMAGE WAS 800 YARDS WIDE. THE VAST
>MAJORITY OF THE TORNADO DAMAGE WAS F1 AND F2 (WINDS OF 100 TO 150
>MPH) WITH SOME ISOLATED F3 DAMAGE (WINDS UP TO 200). AS A
>RESULT...THIS TORNADO WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS A STRONG F3.
>
>349 PM 3 NW EDEN NC WIND DAMAGE
>3/20/98 ROCKINGHAM
>
>THE SAME STORM THAT PRODUCED THE ABOVE TORNADO PRODUCED NON-TORNADIC
>WIND DAMAGE FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDEN NC TO 2 MILES WEST OF
>SANDY LEVEL IN HENRY COUNTY VA. IN THIS AREA...THUNDERSTORM WINDS
>DAMAGED TREES...SOME OUT BUILDINGS AND A FEW HOMES.
>
>356 PM 2 W SANDY LEVEL VA TORNADO
>3/20/98 HENRY
>
>ANOTHER TORNADO FORMED FROM THE SAME STORM SYSTEM 2 MILES WEST OF
>SANDY LEVEL VA AROUND 356 PM AND TRAVELED ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST
>BEFORE DISSIPATING 2 MILES WEST OF WHITMELL IN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY VA
>AROUND 422 PM. IN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY...THIS TORNADO DAMAGED OR
>DESTOYED 30 HOMES...DAMAGED OR DESTROYED SEVERAL VEHICLES AND
>KNOCKED DOWN NUMEROUS TREES. INITIAL DAMAGE ESTIMATES FOR
>PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY FOR THIS TORNADO ARE IN EXCESS OF $800,000. THIS
>TORNADO WAS GENERALLY AROUND 100 TO 200 YARDS WIDE...WITH SOME AREAS
>UP TO 350 YARDS WIDE. THE DAMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO WERE
>F0 AND F1 WITH WIND SPEEDS FROM 60 TO 110 MPH. AS A RESULT...THIS
>TORNADO WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS A STRONG F1.
>
>MTE
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