The Palm Sunday, March 28, 2010, Severe Thunderstorm Outbreak

Severe Thunderstorm Threat From the Central Plains to the Northeast; Extreme HeatRisk for the East Coast

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible from the central Plains to the Northeast through this evening. Widespread damaging winds are the primary threat but hail and a tornado or two is also possible. Extremely dangerous heat continues across the Eastern U.S. Warm overnight low temperatures will provide little to no relief. Read More >

Approximate track of Belmont, North Carolina, tornado on 28 March 2010. The tornado path is shown by the thick green line. Straight-line wind damage is shown by the speckled green areas in western Mecklenburg County. Click on image to enlarge.

NOUS42 KGSP 292223 PNSGSP NCZ070-071-300230- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 623 PM EDT MON MAR 29 2010 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR BELMONT IN GASTON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA... LOCATION...BELMONT IN GASTON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA DATE...MARCH 28, 2010 ESTIMATED TIME...537 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...AROUND 90 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...125 YARDS PATH LENGTH...200 YARDS * FATALITIES...NONE * INJURIES...ONE * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AT THE PARK DALE MILL...NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PARK DALE DRIVE...GREENWAY CIRCLE AND LANDING ROAD...IN BELMONT NORTH CAROLINA LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON MARCH 28, 2010. METAL SHEET ROOFING WAS TORN...PEELED...ROLLED AND THROWN IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS...AND INTERIOR WALLS COLLAPSED...IN THE PARK DALE MILL. IN ADDITION A TRACTOR TRAILOR TRUCK WAS OVERTURNED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MILL...ADJACENT TO A DOCKING AREA. DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO A MOBILE HOME SUB-DIVISION ADJACENT TO THE MILL...WITH TREE DAMAGE ALSO NOTED AROUND THE AREA. INSULATION FROM THE MILL WAS THROWN A DISTANCE ACROSS THE CATAWBA RIVER AND FOUND NEAR WILKINSON AVENUE IN WESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/GSP. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. ...STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF CHARLOTTE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA... LOCATION...WEST PART OF CHARLOTTE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA DATE...MARCH 28, 2010 ESTIMATED TIME...550 PM EDT ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH... SPORADIC AT 150 TO 200 YARDS PATH LENGTH SPORADIC FOR 6 TO 10 MILES * FATALITIES...NONE * INJURIES...NONE * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC HAS CONFIRMED STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN THE WEST PART OF CHARLOTTE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA ON MARCH 28, 2010. POCKETS OF INTENSE WINDS WERE NOTED IN WEST CHARLOTTE...OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY....JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85...ALONG SAM WILSON ROAD TO WILDWOOD AVE. TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN A FORWARD FALLING DIRECTION ALONG THE PATH OF THE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. ONE TREE FELL ON A HOME CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE. OTHER POCKETS OF DAMAGE...WITH PRIMARILY TREES BEING KNOCKED DOWN... EXTENDED OUT TO MOUNT HOLLY ROAD AND ROCKWOOD DRIVE. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/GSP. $$ STUREY