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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
449 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NORTH OF CLARKTON NC ON MAR 28TH...

LOCATION...4 MILES NORTH OF CLARKTON NC
ESTIMATED TIME...908 TO 912 PM EDT
BEGINNING LAT/LON...34.5407/-78.6730
ENDING LAT/LON...34.5594/-78.6563
EF-SCALE RATING...EF-2
ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...115 MPH
PATH WIDTH...20 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...1.6 MILES
INJURIES...NONE
FATALITIES...NONE

...SUMMARY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-2 TORNADO
WITH WINDS UP TO 115 MPH ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF CLARKTON NC. THE
TORNADO CAUSED EF-0 DAMAGE INITIALLY AT A FARM ALONG MITCHELL-FORD
ROAD. IT FLIPPED A SILO AND DAMAGED A STORAGE BUILDING THAT
COLLAPSED ONTO FARM EQUIPMENT. AS THE TORNADO MOVED NORTH NORTHEAST
JUST WEST OF MITCHELL-FORD ROAD IT CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO A HOUSE
AND SHED AND DOWNED 4 LARGE TREES. IT CROSSED THE ROAD AND
COMPLETELY DESTROYED A CINDER-BLOCK STORAGE BUILDING BEFORE MOVING
INTO THE WOODS WHERE IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO A DOZEN TREES.

THE TORNADO EMERGED FROM THE WOODS NEAR A HOUSE CAUSING MINOR ROOF
DAMAGE THEN INTENSIFIED TO AN EF-2 IMPACTING A HOUSE ALONG TWISTED
HICKORY ROAD. THIS HOUSE SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE COMPLETELY
DESTROYING A CINDER-BLOCK STORAGE AND FARM BUILDING NEAR THE HOUSE.
THE TORNADO SENT CINDER-BLOCKS INTO THE HOUSE CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
DAMAGE TO THE WALLS AND ROOF. THE BACK OF THE HOUSE LIFTED OFF THE
FOUNDATION CAUSING IT TO BUCKLE...AND THE ROOF OVER THE PORCH WAS
COMPLETELY GONE. DEBRIS FROM THIS SITE...WHICH INCLUDED A WASHER
MACHINE...LAWN MOWER...COUCH...AND MANY OTHER ITEMS...WAS FOUND 400
YARDS AWAY FROM THE IMPACT AREA. THE FAMILY AT THIS HOUSE TOOK
SHELTER UNDER A STAIRWAY AND FORTUNATELY NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES
WERE REPORTED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO IMPACT PROPERTIES ON THE
EAST SIDE OF TWISTED HICKORY ROAD CAUSING MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO THREE
OTHER HOMES AND KNOCKING DOWN A COUPLE DOZEN TREES.

THE TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT MOVED NORTH NORTHEAST TOWARD BRITT
ROAD...JUST EAST OF THE BRITT AND TWISTED HICKORY ROAD INTERSECTION.
THE TORNADO FINALLY LIFTED JUST NORTH OF BRITT ROAD AS IT MOVED
TOWARD A SWAMPY AREA.

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NORTH NORTHWEST OF WHITE LAKE NC ON MAR 28TH...

LOCATION...6 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF WHITE LAKE NC
ESTIMATED TIME...936 TO 940 PM EDT
BEGINNING LAT/LON...34.7300/-78.5240
ENDING LAT/LON...34.7330/-78.5260
EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0
ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...65 MPH
PATH WIDTH...10 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...0.25 MILES
INJURIES...NONE
FATALITIES...NONE

...SUMMARY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-0 TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN WITH PEAK WINDS UP TO 65 MPH ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST
OF WHITE LAKE NC. THE TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF JOHNSONTOWN ROAD AND SUSIE SANDHILL ROAD. IT MOVED
ACROSS BOTH ROADS NEAR THE INTERSECTION AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO
APPROXIMATELY 10 TREES. SOME OF THE TREES WERE SNAPPED WHILE OTHERS
WERE UPROOTED. THE TORNADO MOVE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THIS AREA
AND NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OCCURRED. TIMES WERE
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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