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136 NOUS42 KRAH 292110 PNSRAH NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-300015- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 510 PM EDT MON MAR 29 2010 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR HIGH POINT IN GUILFORD COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA... LOCATION...HIGH POINT IN GUILFORD COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA DATE...03/28/2010 ESTIMATED TIME...730 EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF3 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...138 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...250 YARDS PATH LENGTH... * FATALITIES... * INJURIES...3 * 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 HIGH POINT IN SOUTHWEST GUILFORD COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA ON 03/28/2010. THIS TORNADO APPEARS TO BE A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADOES THAT EFFECTED DAVIDSON COUNTY. THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY AT 730 PM EDT NEAR OLD PLANK ROAD IN SOUTHWEST GUILFORD COUNTY. DAMAGE SURVEYED INDICATED THE TORNADO WAS AN EF2 TORNADO WITH WINDS AROUND 130 MPH FOR MOST OF ITS DURATION...WITH WINDS BRIEFLY REACHING EF3 INTENSITY AND WINDS OF 138 MPH. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED TO JUST NORTH OF SKEET CLUB ROAD...WITH AN AVERAGE PATH WIDTH OF 250 YARDS....AND EVENTUALLY LIFTED JUST NORTH OF SKEET CLUB ROAD. DAMAGE WAS RATHER EXTENSIVE...SNAPPING NUMEROUS LARGE TREES IN HALF AND DAMAGING OVER 200 HOMES ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO. THE UPPER LEVEL OF ONE HOME ON SILVERSTONE COURT WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM THE STRUCTURE. A SECOND STORY BEDROOM WAS BLOWN OFF OF A HOME AT THE INTERSECTION OF OLD MILL AND BRANDON ROADS...AND THREE PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED UNDER THE DEBRIS. ALL INJURIES WERE MINOR. FURTHER DETAILS WILL PROVIDED WHEN THE SURVEY IS COMPLETE. 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. $$ JO/TC