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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
602 PM EDT MON APR 18 2011

...TORNADO CONFIRMED 9 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEVILLE IN COLUMBUS COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA...

LOCATION...9 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEVILLE IN COLUMBUS COUNTY NC
DATE...APRIL 16 2011
ESTIMATED TIME...6:05 PM EDT - 6:07 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF- SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...1 MILE
BEGINNING LAT/LON...34.19N / -78.74W
ENDING LAT/LON...34.21N / -78.73W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

* 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 9 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEVILLE IN COLUMBUS COUNTY NORTH
CAROLINA ON APRIL 16 2011.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN A FIELD WEST OF LEBANON CHURCH RD CAUSING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A STAND OF TWO DOZEN TREES WHICH WERE MAINLY
SNAPPED JUST WEST OF THE ROAD. THE TORNADO CROSSED LEBANON CHURCH
RD PASSING NEAR TWO HOMES. TREES FELL ONTO THE HOMES AND IMMEDIATE
VICINITY. THERE WAS EF1 DAMAGE OBSERVED AT THIS LOCATION. THE
TORNADO MOVED INTO THE WOODS BEHIND THE HOMES AT THIS LOCATION AND
EMERGED ONTO A FIELD BEFORE AFFECTING ANOTHER TWO HOMES ALONG GORES
TRAILER RD. EF0 (75 MPH) DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO THE HOMES AND
UPROOTED TREES IN THIS LOCATION. THE TORNADO LIFTED AS IT CROSSED
INTO THE FIELD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF GORES TRAILER RD.

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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