Epic Outbreak of Tornadoes Across the Southeast on 27-28 April 2011 Impacts Northeast Georgia and Western North Carolina

Heat Continues for the East and South-Central U.S.; Strong to Severe Storms Across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

The extremely dangerous heat wave continues across the East Coast and much of the South-Central U.S. today. Record high temperatures are expected for some areas especially across the Mid-Atlantic where extreme heat risk conditions reside. There is a Slight Risk (level 2 of 5) of severe thunderstorms today for the northern Mid-Atlantic into portions of southern New England. Read More >

000 NOUS42 KGSP 291813 CCA PNSGSP GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-291930- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 221 PM EDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED 5 TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LENOIR IN CALDWELL COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA... LOCATION...5 TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LENOIR IN CALDWELL COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA DATE...APRIL 28, 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...320-330 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 TO 100 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS PATH LENGTH...4.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...35.85N/81.43W ENDING LAT/LON...35.88N/81.37W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...1 MINOR INJURY * 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 A TORNADO OCCURRED 5 TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LENOIR IN CALDWELL COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA ON APRIL 28, 2011. THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR DEAL ROAD AND TRAVELLED IN ESSENTIALLY A CONTINUOUS PATH NORTHEASTWARD FROM THERE. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE WAS NOTED NEAR CAMPGROUND ROAD WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN...PORTIONS OF A ROOF WERE REMOVED AND A COUPLE SMALL OUT BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. AT BOYD AND MCRARY ROADS LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED AND TIN ROOFING WAS THROWN A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS TO THE NORTHEAST. ALONG TEMPLE HILL CHURCH ROAD...SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF A ROOF...TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN OR SNAPPED AND PART OF A PORCH WAS BLOWN TO THE NORTHWEST. THE TORNADO CROSSED BURNS ROAD WHERE GUTTERS WERE BLOWN OFF A BUILDING...A CARPORT WAS BLOWN TO THE NORTHWEST ...SOME TREES WERE DE-BARKED AND SMALL SHEDS WERE DESTROYED. ALSO...PORTIONS OF MOBILE HOME ROOFING WERE REMOVED. THE TORNADO THEN REACHED BEATRICE LANE WHERE A DOUBLE-WIDE MANUFACTURED HOME WAS MOSTLY DESTROYED AS IT WAS BLOWN OFF ITS FOUNDATION...THE ROOF BLOWN OFF...WINDOWS BLOWN IN AND WALLS HEAVILY DAMAGED. THE TORNADO APPARENTLY LIFTED AT THIS POINT. 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. $$ LG CORRECTED LAT/LON