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The hurricane was downgraded from a Category 4 storm as it passed over Georgia overnight and turned west, passing through the North Carolina mountains. On Friday, it was downgraded to a tropical ...
A North Carolina county is recovering after a 150-mph tornado ripped through the community. The National Weather Service confirmed the touchdown of an EF3 tornado just after 12:30 p.m. on ...
(12:12 p.m. ET) Tornado Confirmed In Georgia. A short-lived, EF-0 tornado was confirmed in Fayette County, Georgia overnight. The National Weather Service estimated wind speeds at 80 mph ...
The City of Rock Mount said 15 people were injured during a tornado on Friday. The National Weather Service office in Raleigh estimated winds were 140 mph which is EF-3 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
February had slightly above-average levels of tornado activity with 46 tornadoes. Many of those tornadoes occurred much further north than is typical for the month, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions, including Wisconsin, which experienced tornadoes in February for the first time since modern record began in 1950. About half of the ...
A tornado in North Carolina severely damaged a Pfizer plant, damaged several other structures, shut down a major interstate and injured at least 16 people Wednesday afternoon.
This high-end EF1 tornado began in eastern Harrisburg, blowing in doors at a warehouse. The tornado moved north, causing sporadic tree damage before significantly damaging the roof of a church. A nearby house had its roof partially blown off and several trees uprooted nearby.