National Weather Service Raw Text Product

792 
NOUS42 KRAH 292329
PNSRAH
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-300015-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
730 PM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

...2 TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS CONFIRMED NEAR IN DAVIDSON COUNTY NORTH 
CAROLINA...

LOCATION...LINWOOD IN DAVIDSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA
DATE...03/28/2010
ESTIMATED TIME...655 PM EDT 
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2 
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100-120 MPH 
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 TO 75 YARDS 
PATH LENGTH...1 MILE
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...2

* 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 LINWOOD IN CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA ON 03/28/2010.

THIS TORNADO APPEARS TO BE A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADOES THAT
EFFECTED ROWAN COUNTY.

AT APPROXIMATELY 655 PM EDT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF SEVEN 
OAKS DRIVE IN A WOODED AREA. TEN TO FIFTEEN HARDWOOD TREES WERE 
EITHER SHEARED OFF OR UPROOTED. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS 
SUSTAINED AT A NEARBY RESIDENCE WHEN A CARPORT WAS RIPPED FROM A 
BRICK HOME. TWO OUT BUILDINGS WERE ALSO DESTROYED. THE TORNADO 
TRACKED NORTHEAST ABOUT A HALF OF A MILE ACROSS AN OPEN FIELD BEFORE 
IT PROCEEDED TO DAMAGE A VACATED STEEL FRAMED FLEA MARKET BUILDING.  
THE TORNADO GLANCED THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE METAL 
BUILDING...TEARING IT AWAY FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING.  THE 
DEBRIS FIELD FROM THE METAL BUILDING WAS BLOWN ONE MILE DOWNSTREAM 
FROM THE SITE.  SECTIONS OF SHEET METAL FROM THE BUILDING WERE FOUND 
TWISTED AROUND SEVERAL TREES AND HIGH TENSION POWER LINES.  IN THE 
ADJACENT CHESTNUT GROVE MOBILE HOME PARK...LOCATED AT THE 
INTERSECTION OF CLARK ROAD AND WINDY HILL DRIVE...THREE MOBILE HOMES 
WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND TWO OTHERS SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT 
DAMAGE.  APPROXIMATELY FIVE PEOPLE WERE TREATED FOR INJURIES...WITH 
TWO BEING TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL.  THERE WERE NO FATALITIES 
WITH THIS EVENT.  THE TORNADO QUICKLY DISSIPATED IN A WOODED AREA 
NORTHEAST OF CLARK ROAD.  THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE DAMAGE PATH WAS 
APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE IN LENGTH AND APPROXIMATELY 50-75 YARDS IN 
WIDTH.  DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 100-120 
MPH...RATING THIS AN EF-2 TORNADO ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE.


LOCATION...SINK LAKE ROAD APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES NORTH OF THOMASVILLE
IN DAVIDSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA
DATE...03/28/2010
ESTIMATED TIME...715 PM EDT 
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80-100 MPH 
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...25 TO 50 YARDS 
PATH LENGTH...0.6 MILE
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0


AT APPROXIMATELY 715 PM EDT A SECOND TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN A 
WOODED AREA CAUSING EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE SOUTH OF CARPENTER ROAD 
EXTENSION.  THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST ACROSS CARPENTER ROAD 
EXTENSION WHERE IT CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 
WHEN IT DESTROYED THE ATTACHED CARPORT. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED A 
HALF OF A MILE OVER A WOODED AREA WHERE IT THEN HIT THE SOUTHEASTERN 
CORNER OF THE VALLEY MOBILE HOME PARK LOCATED OFF SINK LAKE ROAD. 
ONE MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED WHEN IT WAS BLOWN FROM THE 
ANCHOR POINTS AND DISPLACED INTO AN ADJACENT LAKE. FOUR OCCUPANTS 
WERE INSIDE THE HOME AND HAD TO SWIM TO SHORE.  ALONG WITH THE 
MOBILE HOME...THE RESIDENTS FULL SIZED SUV WAS ALSO LIFTED AND 
DEPOSITED INTO THE LAKE.  AN ADDITIONAL FIVE TO SIX MOBILE HOMES 
SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS AS 
WELL AS BEING SHIFTED FROM THEIR ANCHOR SUPPORTS. REMARKABLY...THERE 
WERE NO SERIOUS INJURES. THE TORNADO QUICKLY LIFTED IN A WOODED AREA 
ABOUT 100 YARDS NORTH OF THE MOBILE HOME PARK. THE TOTAL LENGTH OF 
THE TORNADO PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 0.7 MILES LONG AND 25-50 YARDS IN 
WIDTH. DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 80-100 MPH...RATING 
THIS AN EF-1 TORNADO ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE.  

SPECIAL THANKS IS EXTENDED TO THE DAVIDSON COUNTY EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT TEAM IN PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE EVENT AS WELL AS 
GUIDED ACCESS TO EACH DAMAGE SITE.

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.

$$

BL/RLE