000 NOUS42 KILM 072025 PNSILM NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-080830- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 425 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR LONGWOOD NC ON APRIL 6... LOCATION...1 MILE WEST OF LONGWOOD NC ESTIMATED TIME...1145 TO 1149 AM EDT BEGINNING LAT/LON...34.0009/-78.5781 ENDING LAT/LON...34.0101/-78.5391 EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...105 MPH PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS PATH LENGTH...2.2 MILES INJURIES...NONE FATALITIES...NONE ...SUMMARY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH WINDS UP TO 105 MPH NEAR LONGWOOD NC. THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR ETHERIDGE RD AND SR 1300 WEST OF LONGWOOD NC. THE TORNADO PRODUCED EF-0 DAMAGE IN THIS LOCATION WITH 2 HOMES SUFFERING MINOR DAMAGE. A SMALL HOG PEN WAS DESTROYED NEAR THE TWO HOMES AND 6 TREES WERE SNAPPED. SPOTTY DAMAGE TO TREES OCCURRED AS THE TORNADO MOVED EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS SR 1300. THE TORNADO PEAKED AT EF-1 WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO OVER 40 TREES NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF WARD AND ETHERIDGE ROADS. IT TURNED NORTHEAST CAUSING SPOTTY EF-0 DAMAGE AT THE NORTH END OF FREEDOM STAR ROAD...THEN CROSSED HIGHWAY 904 AND BUTLER POND CAUSING DAMAGE TO A SHED AND 6 TREES NEAR BUTLER CIRCLE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF BUTLER POND. THE TORNADO LIFTED BEFORE CROSSING RUSSTOWN ROAD. SPECIAL THANKS TO DON WARD FOR HIS ASSISTANCE DURING THE STORM SURVEY. ...TORNADO CONFIRMED SOUTHEAST OF CLARKTON NC ON APRIL 6... LOCATION...5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLARKTON NC ESTIMATED TIME...1040 TO 1042 AM EDT BEGINNING LAT/LON...34.4393/-78.5929 ENDING LAT/LON...34.4490/-78.5719 EF-SCALE RATING...EF2 ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...115 MPH PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS PATH LENGTH...1.5 MILES INJURIES...NONE FATALITIES...NONE ...SUMMARY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF2 TORNADO WITH WINDS UP TO 115 MPH ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLARKTON NC. THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON FARMERS UNION ROAD ABOUT 0.3 MILE SOUTH OF PORTERVILLE SCHOOL ROAD. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED TO FOUR HOMES IN THIS AREA...INCLUDING ONE WHICH WAS PUSHED APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET OFF ITS FOUNDATION. A STORAGE TRAILER WEIGHING MORE THAN 8500 LBS WAS BLOWN APPROXIMATELY 40 FT...FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN AND ROTATED 180 DEGREES. A FULL-SIZE PICKUP TRUCK WAS BLOWN 15 FT ACROSS A YARD...AND A 12 X 12 FT STRUCTURE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. DAMAGE IN THIS AREA WAS RATED AS EF2 AS A RESULT OF WIND SPEEDS REACHING 115 MPH. THE WIDTH OF THE DAMAGE PATH IN THIS AREA WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS. THE TORNADO BRIEFLY WEAKENED AS IT TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST. NUMEROUS 12-18 INCH DIAMETER TREETOPS WERE SNAPPED...AND A FEW TREES UP TO 18 INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE UPROOTED AS THE TORNADO APPROACHED CHANCEY RD. TWO HOMES ON CHANCEY ROAD SUFFERED EF0 DAMAGE PRIMARILY TO ROOFS AND WINDOWS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS MAINLY WOODS AND FARMLAND WHERE SPOTTY EF0 DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO TREES. IT STRENGTHENED ONCE AGAIN AS IT CROSSED BAER MILL DRIVE AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES. THE FRONT PORCH OF ONE HOME WAS DESTROYED AND ALL THE ROOF COVERING MATERIAL ON THE WINDWARD SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE WAS STRIPPED. THE WIND PENETRATED THE SECOND STORY OF THE HOME AND BLEW OUT TWO UPSTAIRS WINDOWS. NUMEROUS LARGE TREES UP TO 2 FT IN DIAMETER WERE SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED. ONE WOODEN STORAGE SHED WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. DAMAGE IN THIS AREA WAS RATED AS EF2 WITH WIND SPEED ESTIMATED TO BE 115 MPH. THE WIDTH OF THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 60 YARDS AT THIS LOCATION. THE TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST FROM BAER MILL DRIVE. SPOTTY MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED BETWEEN BAER MILL DRIVE AND SUSIE BALDWIN ROAD. $$ SRP/CRM