...EF1 Tornado Confirmed Beginning 3 E Hemby Bridge, NC on 03/05/25...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    90 mph
Path Length /statute/:  2.2369 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   75.0 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date/Time:        03/05/25 0834 LT
Start Location:         3 E Hemby Bridge / Union County / NC
Start Lat/Lon:          35.0881 / -80.5765

End Date/Time:          03/05/25 0837 LT
End Location:           2 S Fairview / Union County / NC
End Lat/Lon:            35.1053 / -80.543

Survey Summary:
Tornado began in the vicinity of Porter Ridge High School.  Tree 
branches were broken and a free-standing light pole broken off at 
the base.  The fence around the school's tennis court was blown 
over.  Two improperly anchored storage buildings collapsed 
arby.  The tornado continued across Ridge Road, where a house 
der construction was heavily damaged, presumably due to air 
ushing in via window and garage door openings, which lifted off 
art of the roof.  Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped along 
Friendship Baptist Church Rd.  Minor structural damage occurred 
to a house in the Benton Acres neighborhood.  The tornado reached 
Lawyers Rd just west of US 601, snapping several hundred yards of 
wooden power poles but not causing damage to adjacent homes.  The 
nado was rated EF1 based on this power pole damage and one 
uprooted hardwood upstream. 

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0...Weak......65 to 85 mph
EF1...Weak......86 to 110 mph
EF2...Strong....111 to 135 mph
EF3...Strong....136 to 165 mph
EF4...Violent...166 to 200 mph
EF5...Violent...>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS
Storm Data.