****************************************************************** ***************PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT*********************** ****************************************************************** **Note...Local Storm Report Listing to immediately follow this Statement. PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 630 PM EDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...UPDATED SUMMARY OF STORM SURVEYS FOR THE MARCH 15TH 2008 TORNADO OUTBREAK... ...UPDATE INCLUDES THE NWS SURVEY OF COLUMBUS COUNTY... COLUMBUS COUNTY...TORNADO NEAR FAIR BLUFF NC... SCATTERED DAMAGE OCCURRED ACROSS WESTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY ALONG A 10 MILE PATH FROM WEST OF FAIR BLUFF NORTHEAST TO NEAR EVERGREEN. THE FIRST DAMAGE OCCURRED AT 615 PM ON FARMLAND ALONG THE STATE LINE WHERE 10-15 TREES WERE SNAPPED OR BLOWN OVER. ON THE SAME PROPERTY...A OPEN SHED WAS BLOWN APART AND DISPLACED APPROXIMATELY 15 YARDS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF FAIR BLUFF. NUMEROUS TREES UP TO 20 INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE EITHER BLOWN OVER OR SNAPPED OFF. WIND DAMAGE TO HOMES WAS MINOR...HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE DID OCCUR TO A FEW HOMES AS THE RESULT OF FALLING TREES. WITH THE EXCEPTION A SMALL AREA ALONG ORANGE STREET IN FAIR BLUFF...THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH STRAIGHTLINE WINDS IN THE RANGE OF 60 TO 80 MPH. HOWEVER ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF ORANGE STREET...THE DAMAGE PATTERN WAS SUGGESTIVE OF A BRIEF TORNADIC CIRCULATION REACHING THE GROUND SNAPPING SEVERAL TREES BEFORE LIFTING. THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH AN ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE RATING OF EF0. THE TOUCHDOWN...WHICH OCCURRED AT 616 PM...WAS VERY LOCALIZED WITH AN APPROXIMATE PATH LENGTH OF 30 YARDS AND WIDTH OF 10 YARDS. NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED FOR APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAIR BLUFF...UNTIL TWO MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVERGREEN ALONG BUD STEPHENS ROAD. HERE...AT AROUND 626 PM...A COUPLE OF TREES APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE UPROOTED...AND A LARGE SHED...APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET WIDE AND 60 FEET LONG WAS LIFTED OFF THE FOUNDATION AND DEMOLISHED AS IT WAS DEPOSITED ABOUT 30 YARDS TO THE SOUTH. EYEWITNESSES TO THIS EVENT VERIFIED THAT IT WAS NOT THE RESULT OF A TORNADO. HORRY COUNTY...TORNADO NEAR AYNOR SC... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS CONFIRMED A EF0 TORNADO IN HORRY COUNTY THAT TOUCHDOWN BRIEFLY AT 713 PM ON SATURDAY EVENING NEAR AYNOR. THE TORNADO WAS ONLY 25 YARDS WIDE AND HAD A PATH OF ABOUT 1/4 OF A MILE IN LENGTH. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 80 MPH. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND BRIEFLY BEFORE LIFTING UP AND DISSIPATING. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO A MOBILE HOME AND A CAR PORT THAT WAS DESTROYED RESULTING IN SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO POWER LINES AND TREES. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROUTE 501 AND 319 NEAR AYNOR. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST BEFORE IT DISSIPATED. HORRY COUNTY OFFICIALS ESTIMATED TOTAL DAMAGE WAS $5K IN THE COUNTY. PENDER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE HAMPSTEAD NC TORNADO... THERE WERE TWO AREAS OF CONCERN THAT WERE INVESTIGATED. THE FIRST AREA WAS LOCATED ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF ROCKY POINT IN THE CEDAR GROVE MOBILE HOME PARK. THERE WERE FIVE MOBILE HOMES THAT SUSTAINED DAMAGED DUE TO STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS THAT APPROACHED 90 TO 95 MPH. PINE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND SNAPPED OFF WITH DEBRIS DAMAGING MOST OF THE MOBILE HOMES...TWO OF THE HOMES WERE BLOWN OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS AND SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. THE PATH OF DAMAGE EXTENDED ABOUT 100 YARDS WIDE AND ABOUT 300 YARDS LONG. THE SECOND AREA OF CONCERN WAS IN THE TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD WHERE THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO WITH WINDS UP TO 110 MPH IN CERTAIN AREAS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS AN EF1...BUT FOR MOST OF THE PATH THE TORNADO WAS RATED AT EF0. THE PATH EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 100 YARDS SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 210 AND US ROUTE 17 AND CONTINUED FOR 2 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. THE TWO HARDEST HIT AREAS WHERE THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS A EF1 WAS AT THE INTERSECTION OF PANSY LANE AND PEANUT ROAD WHERE SEVERAL BUSINESS AND HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE SECOND AREA WAS ABOUT 1 MILE AWAY OFF OF LOBLOLLY ROAD...WHERE SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED UP AND SKIPPED FOR ANOTHER 1/2 MILE BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR RAVINSWOODS ROAD. ALTHOUGH THE PATH WAS 2 MILES IN LENGTH THE TORNADO FREQUENTLY LIFTED BACK UP TO TREE TOP LEVEL AND CAUSED TOPS OF TREES TO SNAP OFF WITH LITTLE DAMAGE TO HOMES OR BUSINESSES. PENDER COUNTY OFFICIALS ESTIMATED TOTAL DAMAGE WAS $2M FROM THE TORNADO AND STRAIGHT-LINE WIND GUSTS. THERE WERE 15 HOMES WITH MINOR DAMAGE...3 WITH MODERATE. THERE WERE 10 BUSINESSES WITH MINOR DAMAGE...3 WITH MODERATE...AND 1 WITH MAJOR. THERE WERE 5 MOBILE HOMES WITH MINOR DAMAGE...AND 2 WITH MODERATE DAMAGE. DILLON COUNTY...LATTA SC TORNADO... AN EF0 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 75 MPH DEVELOPED JUST SOUTH OF LATTA, SC NEAR HIGHWAY 301 AROUND 548 PM EDT AND ENDED NEAR JOHNSON RD. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN LATTA SC WITH A MAXIMUM DAMAGE WIDTH OF 75 YARDS AND PATH LENGTH OF 1.4 MILES. THE MOST EXTREME DAMAGE OBSERVED WITH THIS TORNADO OCCURRED NEAR WILLIS STREET WHERE A LARGE TREE FELL ON A HOME. OTHERWISE THERE WAS TREE DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH AN EF0 TORNADO. MANY OTHER DOWNED TREES WERE OBSERVED IN THE AREA WEST AND SOUTH OF THE TORNADO INDICATIVE OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. DILLON COUNTY OFFICIALS ESTIMATED $50K IN DAMAGE. THERE WERE 6 HOMES WITH MINOR DAMAGE...1 TRAILER WITH MAJOR DAMAGE. FLORENCE COUNTY...TORNADO SOUTH OF TIMMONSVILLE SC... AN EF1 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 105 MPH DEVELOPED JUST SOUTHEAST OF CARTERSVILLE, SC NEAR CRAWFISH POND RD. AND CARTERSVILLE HIGHWAY AROUND 625 PM EDT. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST ACROSS CHENEY GROVE RD. NEAR ROSE LANE WHERE IT FIRST REACHED EF1 STATUS (100 MPH). THE TORNADO WEAKENED TO EF0 AS IT CROSSED THUNDER RD, AND THEN RE- INTENSIFIED TO EF1 NEAR CALE YARBOROUGH HWY AND I-95. THE TORNADO CROSSED I-95 WITH EF0 DAMAGE NOTED NEAR HILL RD. THE TORNADO PEAKED (105 MPH) ALONG JOHN PAUL RD BETWEEN CENTER RD. AND LANGSTON ROAD. FINALLY, AFTER A 14 MILE PATH LENGTH THE TORNADO DISSIPATED NEAR MCCAIN RD. AND OLANTA HIGHWAY JUST WEST OF EFFINGHAM. THE TORNADO HAD A MAXIMUM DAMAGE WIDTH OF 100 YARDS AND RESULTED IN 3 MINOR INJURIES. A THREE YEAR OLD HAD TO BE EXTRICATED FROM A STRUCTURE. THERE WERE IMPACTS TO LIVESTOCK...3 HORSES AND 3 COWS WERE KILLED. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS STRONG INDICATION OF STRAIGHT-LINE WIND TREE DAMAGE SOUTH OF THE TORNADO TRACK. FLORENCE COUNTY OFFICIALS ESTIMATED TOTAL DAMAGE AT $605K. THERE WERE 76 HOMES WITH MINOR DAMAGE...4 WITH MAJOR...AND ONE DESTROYED. THERE WERE 8 MOBILE HOMES WITH MINOR DAMAGE...5 WITH MAJOR...AND 9 DESTROYED. THERE WERE 2 BUSINESSES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE 13 BARNS AND SHEDS DESTROYED WHILE 3 SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE. WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY...TORNADO SOUTH OF GREELEYVILLE SC AND NEAR TRIO SC... TWO TORNADOES DEVELOPED IN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY. THE FIRST TORNADO STRENGTHENED TO AN EF1 WITH 105 MPH WINDS ALONG HIGHWAY 375 SOUTH OF GREELEYVILLE, SC AROUND 717 PM EDT. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST AND HAD A PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS 1.5 MILES. THE MAXIMUM DAMAGE WIDTH WAS 75 YARDS. THIS TORNADO CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO LARGE HARDWOOD TREES ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 375, GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 52. SPORADIC AREAS OF STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE OBSERVED FROM EAST OF HIGHWAY 52 TO NEAR TRIO, SC. THE SECOND TORNADO CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES IN THE TRIO AREA. THE EF1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 100 MPH DEVELOPED NEAR STEADFAST RD. AROUND 736 PM EDT, WHERE MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES WITH THIS TORNADO. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST NORTHEAST AND HAD A PATH LENGTH OF. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED JUST EAST OF JUMPIN RUN ROAD WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 3 MILES. THE MAXIMUM DAMAGE WIDTH WAS 75 YARDS. OVERALL, IN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY 35 HOMES RECEIVED DAMAGE, SEVEN SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE, AND 5 WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. ******************************************************************** **********************LOCAL STORM REPORTS*************************** ******************************************************************** PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 752 PM EDT MON MAR 17 2008 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0453 PM HAIL 5 NW HARTSVILLE 34.42N 80.15W 03/15/2008 E0.88 INCH DARLINGTON SC EMERGENCY MNGR 0455 PM HAIL CLYDE 34.38N 80.18W 03/15/2008 E1.00 INCH DARLINGTON SC TRAINED SPOTTER 0458 PM HAIL HARTSVILLE 34.37N 80.08W 03/15/2008 E1.00 INCH DARLINGTON SC CO-OP OBSERVER ENOUGH HAIL TO COVER THE GROUND. 0520 PM HAIL BLENHEIM 34.51N 79.65W 03/15/2008 E0.88 INCH MARLBORO SC EMERGENCY MNGR SCATTERED REPORTS OF DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL FROM BLENHEIM TO BROWNSVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 0540 PM HAIL ENE DILLON 34.42N 79.37W 03/15/2008 E1.75 INCH DILLON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGH THE 911 CENTER. 0545 PM TSTM WND DMG LATTA 34.34N 79.43W 03/15/2008 DILLON SC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND MANY TREES DOWN. POWER OUTAGES FROM OAK GROVE TO LATTA. POSSIBLE TORNADO AS FIRE DEPT PERSONNEL HAD SIGHTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 0548 PM TORNADO LATTA 34.34N 79.43W 03/15/2008 F0 DILLON SC NWS STORM SURVEY SPOTTY EF-0 DAMAGE...BEGINNING NEAR HIGHWAY 301 AND HIGHWAY 501 JUNCTION...AND ENDING NEAR JOHNSON RD. AND HIGHWAY 917 EAST. DAMAGE INCLUDED TREE ON HOME...AND MINOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO APPROXIMATELY 6 HOMES. MAX ESTIMATED WINDS OF 75 MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS 1.2 MILES AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 75 YARDS. 0550 PM FUNNEL CLOUD DILLON 34.42N 79.37W 03/15/2008 DILLON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT TREES DOWN ON HOUSES AND POWERLINES. ALSO TREES BLOCKING ROADWAYS. 0600 PM HAIL 4 E MAXTON 34.74N 79.28W 03/15/2008 E1.00 INCH ROBESON NC PUBLIC REPORTED BY OFF DUTY MAXTON PD EMPLOYEE. 0600 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSW LAKE VIEW 34.30N 79.19W 03/15/2008 DILLON SC NWS STORM SURVEY NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN...BOTH UPROOTED AND SNAPPED 0600 PM HAIL LAKE CITY 33.87N 79.75W 03/15/2008 E1.00 INCH FLORENCE SC CO-OP OBSERVER ALSO SOME DEAD TREES BLOWN OVER. 0600 PM HAIL 10 E FLOYDALE 34.32N 79.15W 03/15/2008 E1.00 INCH DILLON SC CO-OP OBSERVER 0612 PM TORNADO FAIR BLUFF 34.31N 79.03W 03/15/2008 COLUMBUS NC COUNTY OFFICIAL FAIR BLUFF FIRE DEPT REPORTED POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH SEVERAL DAMAGED/DOWNED TREES AND ONE CASE OF MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NEAR ORANGE ST. MANY OTHER TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN, SOME ON HOUSES, ACROSS MOST OF THE TOWN. QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED. TIME WAS APPROXIMATED FROM RADAR. 0614 PM HAIL ORRUM 34.47N 79.01W 03/15/2008 E1.75 INCH ROBESON NC PUBLIC EMPLOYEE OF LUMBER RIVER STATE PARK REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 0615 PM TSTM WND DMG FAIR BLUFF 34.31N 79.03W 03/15/2008 COLUMBUS NC EMERGENCY MNGR 3 HOMES DAMAGED BY DOWNED TREES 0615 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSE LATTA 34.28N 79.40W 03/15/2008 MARION SC PUBLIC SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF METHODIST CHURCH RD AND DEW RD. LARGEST TREES WERE UP TO 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER. 0616 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 5 SE FAIRMONT 34.44N 79.05W 03/15/2008 ROBESON NC TRAINED SPOTTER CO-OP SPOTTER REPORTED SEEING A FUNNEL CLOUD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 41 AND 904. 0617 PM TORNADO FAIR BLUFF 34.31N 79.03W 03/15/2008 COLUMBUS NC NWS STORM SURVEY EF0 DAMAGE FOUND SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF FAIR BLUFF...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF TREE DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE PATTERN INDICATED BRIEF TORNADIC CIRCULATION. 0621 PM TORNADO 4 S FLORENCE 34.12N 79.78W 03/15/2008 F1 FLORENCE SC NWS STORM SURVEY *** 3 INJ *** MULTIPLE HOMES DAMAGED...3 TRAILERS OVERTURNED...3 MINOR INJURIES...2 LIVESTOCK KILLED. MAX EF-1 TORNADO WITH SPOTTY EF-0/EF-1 DAMAGE CONFIRMED BY NWS SURVEY TEAM. MAX WINDS WERE 105 MPH...WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. THE PATH OF THE TORNADO WAS 14 MILES IN LENGTH. EF-1 DAMAGE FOUND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CENTER RD. AND WEST JOHN PAUL JONES RD. THE TORNADO STARTED NEAR SOUTH CARTERSVILLE HIGHWAY NEAR CRAWFISH POND RD. AND ENDED NEAR HIGHWAY 301 NEAR INTERSECTION OF MCCAIN CIRCLE. 0625 PM TSTM WND GST TIMMONSVILLE 34.13N 79.94W 03/15/2008 E0.00 MPH FLORENCE SC CO-OP OBSERVER ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60 MPH IN TIMMONSVILLE NEAR TWIN CHURCH ROAD. 0635 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 5 WSW FLORENCE 34.15N 79.86W 03/15/2008 FLORENCE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR I-95 NEAR EXIT 150 0641 PM TSTM WND DMG RAYNHAM 34.57N 79.19W 03/15/2008 ROBESON NC TRAINED SPOTTER TREES DOWN ON TOMM ROAD. 0641 PM TSTM WND DMG RAYNHAM 34.57N 79.19W 03/15/2008 ROBESON NC TRAINED SPOTTER TREES DOWN O TOMM ROAD. 0650 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 ESE GRESHAM 33.90N 79.34W 03/15/2008 MARION SC TRAINED SPOTTER A 20 INCH OAK TREE WAS TWISTED AND SNAPPED AT 16 FEET AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 41 AND HIGHWAY 908 JUST NORTH OF BRITTONS NECK. 0700 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NE GRESHAM 33.99N 79.35W 03/15/2008 MARION SC AMATEUR RADIO 5 PINE TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 41 0713 PM TORNADO 8 NW CONWAY 33.92N 79.16W 03/15/2008 F0 HORRY SC EMERGENCY MNGR ROOFS PEELED OFF HOMES. CARPORT TOSSED 150 YARDS. SEVERAL TREES DOWN. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROUTE 501 AND 319 NEAR AYNOR. THE TORNADO WAS 25 YARDS IN WIDTH...AND HAD A PATH OF ABOUT 1/4 OF A MILE IN LENGTH. 0717 PM HAIL 30 WNW SAMPIT 33.54N 79.93W 03/15/2008 E1.75 INCH WILLIAMSBURG SC NWS EMPLOYEE CHARLESTON WFO CALLED TO RELAY THIS REPORT. 0717 PM TORNADO 1 S GREELEYVILLE 33.56N 79.99W 03/15/2008 F1 WILLIAMSBURG SC NWS STORM SURVEY 1/2 MILE SWATH OF LARGE TREES DOWN NEAR THE GREELEYVILLE AMATEUR RADIO REPEATER. 1 HOME DAMAGED. SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WITH TREES SNAPPED...AND UPROOTED. CHURCH STEEPLE DAMAGED WITH SHINGLES BLOWN OFF THE ROOF. EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED BY NWS SURVEY TEAM WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 105 MPH...AND A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. 0721 PM HAIL 3 N GREELEYVILLE 33.62N 79.99W 03/15/2008 E1.00 INCH WILLIAMSBURG SC EMERGENCY MNGR 0730 PM HAIL 7 NE CONWAY 33.91N 78.97W 03/15/2008 E0.75 INCH HORRY SC TRAINED SPOTTER HAIL REPORTED IN SHELL COMMUNITY NEAR INTERSECTION OF SC 22 AND 905. 0736 PM TORNADO TRIO 33.48N 79.72W 03/15/2008 WILLIAMSBURG SC NWS STORM SURVEY EF1 DAMAGE CONFIRMED FROM STEADFAST ROAD TO JUMPON RUN ROAD. PATH APPROX 3 MILES LONG AND 75 YDS WIDE. TIME APPROXIMATED BY RADAR. 0745 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NW NORTH MYRTLE BEACH 33.88N 78.73W 03/15/2008 M84.00 MPH HORRY SC TRAINED SPOTTER 84 MPH GUST MEASURED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER IN WAMPEE. 0745 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N ROCKY POINT 34.49N 77.88W 03/15/2008 PENDER NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE *** 7 INJ *** STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO TRAILERS IN INTERSTATE MOBILE HOME PARK. MINOR INJURIES REPORTED BY EMS ON THE SCENE. 0748 PM MARINE TSTM WIND WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH 34.21N 77.80W 03/15/2008 M45.00 MPH NEW HANOVER NC OTHER FEDERAL NOS TIDE GAGE AT JOHNNY MERCER PIER 0750 PM TSTM WND DMG TRIO 33.48N 79.72W 03/15/2008 WILLIAMSBURG SC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE LOTS OF WIND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND TREES. MOBILE HOME WITH HEAVY DAMAGE ON STEADFAST ROAD. DAMAGE REPORTS EXTEND WEST TO GREELEYVILLE. 0750 PM HAIL WILMINGTON 34.21N 77.91W 03/15/2008 E1.00 INCH NEW HANOVER NC BROADCAST MEDIA QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON FRONT STREET. 0750 PM HAIL LELAND 34.24N 78.05W 03/15/2008 E0.75 INCH BRUNSWICK NC PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED VIA HAM RADIO OPERATOR 0759 PM TORNADO HAMPSTEAD 34.37N 77.70W 03/15/2008 F1 PENDER NC NWS STORM SURVEY SEVERAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF PANSY LANE AND PEANUT ROAD. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AS AN EF1...WITH WINDS UP TO 110 MPH. THE TORNADO HAD A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 100 YARDS AND A TOTAL LENGTH OF 2 MILES...BUT IT WAS AN EF0 FOR MOST OF THE TIME. 0800 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S PLANTERSVILLE 33.54N 79.22W 03/15/2008 GEORGETOWN SC COUNTY OFFICIAL A FEW TREES DOWN FROM PLANTARSVILLE TO JACKSON REPORTED BY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION. 0846 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 35 SE BALD HEAD ISLAND 33.48N 77.58W 03/15/2008 M43.00 MPH AMZ270 XX BUOY NOAA NDBC FRYING PAN SHOALS BUOY 0949 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 35 SE BALD HEAD ISLAND 33.48N 77.58W 03/15/2008 M40.00 MPH AMZ270 XX BUOY NOAA NDBC FRYING PAN SHOALS BUOY 0957 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 35 SE BALD HEAD ISLAND 33.48N 77.58W 03/15/2008 M47.00 MPH AMZ270 XX BUOY NOAA NDBC FRYING PAN SHOALS BUOY ******************************************************************* THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HERE AT WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO ALL PARTIES WHO SUBMITTED REPORTS DURING AND AFTER THIS HISTORICAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. ******************************************************************* && $$