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From: Greg D <gregd{at}earth.sunlink.net>
Subject: SOUTHERN STORMS
THE NOW, KILLER STORMS OVER THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT, STARTED
IN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS ON THE 18th. ALTHOUGH THEY WEREN'T AS STRONG AS THEY
WERE NOW, ROOFS WERE RIPPED OFF BUILDINGS AND SOME OTHER MINOR DAMAGE DONE.
THESE STORMS CONTINUED EAST ON THE 19th (yesterday), AND GAVE ARKANSAS,
MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND TENNESSEE SEVERE WEATHER, ESPECIALLY IN THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. STREET SIGNS WERE BENT IN TENNESSEE, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, POWER
LINES, AND TREES WERE DOWNED IN A LARGE AREA, AND A GOOD PORTION OR
TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN ALABAMA WERE WITHOUT POWER. AT TIMES, 50% OF SEVERAL
COUNTIES DID NOT HAVE POWER. VERY EARLY THIS MORNING, A FEW TORNADO
WARNINGS WER ISSUED FOR EASTERN TENNESSEE, AND EASTERN ALABAMA. NO MAJOR
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED, BUT SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED, AND TREES WERE
DOWNED. THEN IN NORTHERN GEORGIA, SHORTLY AFTER 6 AM THIS MORNING, IN HALL
AND WHITE COUNTIES, A COUPLE TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN, WHICH MOSTLY DESTROYED
A SCHOOL. IF THE TWISTER WOULD HAVE STRUCK AN HOUR LATER, SCHOOL WOULD OF
BEEN IN SESSION, AND THE UNTHINKABLE COULD OF HAPPEN. AT LEAST 14 WERE
KILLED IN NORTH GEORGIA, WITH 80+ INJURED, SOME WITH LIFE THREATENING
INJURIES. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS, THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFIED OVER THE
CAROLINA'S, AND TORNADO WATCHES WERE ISSUED FOR THE EASTERN CAROLINAS AND
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA. DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS (EST), A FEW TORNADO
WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR SOME SOUTHERN VIRGINIA COUNTIES AND NORTHERN NORTH
CAROLINA COUNTIES, AND SKYWARN SPOTTERS DID REPORT AT LEAST TWO ON THE
GROUND WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE NEAR STONVILLE. TWO DIED THERE, 19 INJURED,
AND RESCUE CREWS ARE TRYING SAVE THREE PEOPLE IN A COLLAPSED LIBRARY.
DURING THE EVENING HOURS, THE MOST SEVERE ACTIVITY WAS OVER NORTH & SOUTH
CAROLINA. HAIL TO 2" IN DIAMETER FELL IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, NC. A LOT OF
QUARTER SIZE [1"] HAIL WAS REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE CAROLINA'S. IN ADDITION,
NUMEROUS PEOPLE WERE RESCUED FROM THEIR VEHICLES, WHEN THEY WERE CAUGHT IN
FLASH FLOOD WATERS. IN A SHOPPING MALL IN NORTH CAROLINA, FLOOD WATERS WERE
UP TO THE VERY TOPS OF CARS.
SEVERE WEATHER WARNING ARE STILL IN EFFECT CURRENTLY, SO MORE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY...
MEMBER GREG DROLLINGER
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