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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
444 PM EDT WED SEP 19 2012

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR ZEBULON IN WAKE COUNTY NORTH
CAROLINA...

LOCATION...1 MILE WEST OF ZEBULON IN WAKE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA
DATE...SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
ESTIMATED TIME...3:38 TO 3:41 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...30 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...0.5 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...35.822N / 78.344W
ENDING LAT/LON...35.827N / 78.337W
* 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 RALEIGH NC HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO
NEAR ZEBULON IN WAKE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA ON SEPTEMBER 18,
2012.

AN NWS DAMAGE SURVEY THIS MORNING HAS CONCLUDED THAT A WEAK EF-0 TORNADO
BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN TUESDAY AFTERNOON JUST WEST OF THE TOWN OF
ZEBULON, NC. THE TORNADO DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN A STAND OF TREES AS A 
WELL-DEFINED DAMAGE PATH OF ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE LONG AND ABOUT 30
YARDS WIDE. BASED ON TYPE OF TREES AFFECTED AND THE MAGNITUDE OF
DAMAGE...THE WIND SPEEDS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE TOPPED OUT AT AROUND
75 MPH...WHICH CATEGORIZES THIS AS AN EF-0 TORNADO ON THE ENHANCED
FUJITA SCALE. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS FOUND DURING THIS SURVEY
AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/RAH.

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.


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PETRO/ELLIS