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

...NWS METEOROLOGISTS ARE CURRENTLY SURVEYING STORM DAMAGE NEAR
LINWOOD IN DAVIDSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RALEIGH NC IS CURRENTLY
CONDUCTING A STORM SURVEY FOR THE AREA NEAR LINWOOD IN DAVIDSON
COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. THE SURVEY IS IN RELATION TO THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA ON 03/28/2010.

FROM THE INITIAL SURVEY...THE TORNADO PATH IS ABOUT 1 MILE LONG
AND RANGES FROM 50 TO 75 YARDS IN WIDTH. DAMAGE SURVEYED THUS FAR
INDICATES WIND SPEEDS IN THE 110 TO 120 MPH RANGE...INDICATIVE OF 
A WEAK EF2 TORNADO ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE.

INITIAL TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 655 PM ON SEVEN OAKS
DRIVE ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. TEN TO TWELVE TREES
WERE UPROOTED OR TWISTED OFF...A CARPORT WAS BLOWN OFF A BRICK
HOME...AND 2 SHEDS WERE DESTROYED. 

DAMAGE WAS FOUND ABOUT 1/2 MILE NORTHEAST OF THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN AT
THE CHESTNUT DRIVE MOBILE HOME PARK OFF CLARK ROAD. THREE TO FOUR
MOBILE HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED...HAVING BEEN ROLLED OR
TOSSED AND WRAPPED AROUND TREES. THERE WERE ONLY 2 TO 3 MINOR
INJURIES WHICH REQUIRED TRANSPORT TO A MEDICAL FACILITY. A
LARGE...WELL CONSTRUCTED METAL BUILDING USED FOR A FLEA MARKET WAS
HEAVILY DAMAGED.

THE TRACK CONTINUED NORTHEAST FOR ANOTHER 1/2 MILE OR SO.

A SECOND TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED AT 715 PM NEAR THE CARPENTER ROAD EXTENSION 
AND PROCEEDED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY A HALF A 
MILE. THE TORNADO PATH ENDED AT A MOBILE HOME PARK ON SINK LAKE 
ROAD. 

A CARPORT WAS DAMAGED NEAR THE CARPENTER ROAD EXTENSION WITH 
WIDESPREAD NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT 
THE MOBILE HOME PARK ON SINK LAKE ROAD WHERE ONE HOME WAS COMPLETELY 
LIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND LANDED IN A LAKE. A VEHICLE WAS ALSO 
LIFTED INTO THE LAKE.  4 PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE MOBILE HOME AT THE 
TIME AND WERE ABLE TO SWIM TO SAFETY.  4-5 TRAILERS HAD SEVERE 
DAMAGE.  DAMAGE SURVEYED WITH THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN INDICATES WIND 
SPEEDS IN THE 90-100 MPH RANGE...INDICATIVE OF AN EF1 TORNADO ON THE 
ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE.

A FINAL ASSESSMENT INCLUDING RESULTS OF THE SURVEY ARE EXPECTED TO
BE COMPLETED AND TRANSMITTED VIA A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT BY
800 PM 03/29/2010.

IT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE...WHICH CAN BE FOUND AT
WEATHER.GOV/RAH.

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