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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1038 AM EDT Mon Apr 22 2019

...EF-2 TORNADO IN ORANGE COUNTY NC...

Start Location...WHITE CROSS IN SOUTHWEST ORANGE COUNTY NC
End Location...HILLSBOROUGH IN CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY NC
Date...APRIL 19 2019
Estimated Time...4:00 PM EDT THROUGH 4:15 PM EDT
Maximum EF-Scale Rating...EF-2
Estimated Maximum Wind Speed...115 mph
Maximum Path Width...600 yards
Path Length...12 miles
Beginning Lat/Lon...35.8950/-79.1996
Ending Lat/Lon...36.0418/-79.0906
* Fatalities...0
* Injuries...0

...Summary...
A TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN IN THE WHITE CROSS AREA AND 
LESLIE DRIVE AREA OF SOUTHWEST ORANGE COUNTY. CONSIDERABLE TREE 
DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THIS AREA, INCLUDING THE SNAPPING AND SPLITTING 
OF HEALTHY LARGE-TRUNK TREES.  SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND 
HOMES OCCURRED AS THE TREES FELL.  GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE AND NATURE 
OF THE DAMAGE, WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 110 MPH.  THE TORNADO 
THEN TRACKED NORTH-NORTHEAST EVENTUALLY CROSSING DODSONS CROSS ROAD, 
DAIRLYLAND ROAD, ARTHUR MINNIS ROAD, AND BORLAND ROADS, ALL WHILE 
PRODUCING SIMILAR TREE DAMAGE.  THE TORANDO FINALLY BEGAN TO LIFT 
AND/OR DISSIPATE NEAR HILLSBOROUGH JUST NORTH OF I-40 NEAR EXIT 261, 
BUT NOT BEFORE PRODUCING CONSIDERING DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES JUST 
SOUTH OF EXIT 261.  THE ROOF AND SEVERAL EXTERIOR WALLS OF ONE 
HOME WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED.  DAMAGE AT THIS LOCATION WAS 
ESTIMATED AT 115 MPH, MAKING THIS TORNADO A LOW-END EF-2 ON THE 
EF SCALE. 


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

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

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