The Lake Glenville Tornado of 2 March 2012

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 >

000 NOUS42 KGSP 091550 PNSGSP NOUS42 KGSP 081833 PNSGSP NCZ063-100000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1045 AM EST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR LAKE GLENVILLE IN JACKSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA... LOCATION...LAKE GLENVILLE IN JACKSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA DATE...03/02/2012 ESTIMATED TIME...904 PM EST MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...300 YARDS PATH LENGTH...1.7 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...35.18N / 83.19W ENDING LAT/LON...35.18N / 83.15W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * 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 NEAR LAKE GLENVILLE IN JACKSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA ON 03/02/2012. A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN FRIDAY EVENING IN SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY ALONG THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF LAKE GLENVILLE. A DAMAGE PATH OF UPROOTED AND SNAPPED PINES AND HARDWOODS WAS OBSERVED ALONG PINE CREEK AND NORTH NORTON ROADS AND ALONG WOODS MOUNTAIN TRAIL. SHINGLE DAMAGE TO A CHURCH AND A BARN WAS ALSO OBSERVED ALONG PINE CREEK ROAD. THE TORNADO BRIEFLY LIFTED BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN ALONG GLENSHORE DRIVE...SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES AND CAUSING A TREE TO FALL ON A HOUSE...DAMAGING THE ROOF. THE DAMAGE PATH ENDED THERE...AT THE SHORE OF LAKE GLENVILLE. 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. $$