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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1114 AM EDT MON APR 18 2011

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR LITTLE ROCK IN DILLON COUNTY SOUTH
CAROLINA...

LOCATION...LITTLE ROCK IN DILLON COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA
DATE...APRIL 16 2011
ESTIMATED TIME...3:25 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...105 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...0.25 MILES
PATH LENGTH...1 MILE
BEGINNING LAT/LON...34.4754N / 79.4086W
ENDING LAT/LON...34.4900N/ 79.3888W
* FATALITIES...0
* 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 WILMINGTON NC HAS CONFIRMED A
TORNADO NEAR LITTLE ROCK IN DILLON COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA ON APRIL
16 2011.

SEVERAL PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED AS WELL AS A FEW HARDWOODS. A FEW
LARGE HARDWOODS WERE UPROOTED. FALLING TREES CAUSED SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE TO MANY HOMES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 9 AND HARLLEES
BRIDGE ROAD.

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

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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