000 NOUS42 KILM 280033 PNSILM NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-280400- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 833 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED SOUTHEAST OF LUMBERTON NC... LOCATION...6 SE OF LUMBERTON NC NEAR BEULAH CHURCH ROAD ESTIMATED TIME...432 TO 442 PM EDT BEGINNING LAT/LON...34.5629/-78.9784 ENDING LAT/LON...34.5902/-78.9543 EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...65 MPH PATH WIDTH...10 YARDS PATH LENGTH...2.3 MILES INJURIES...NONE FATALITIES...NONE ...SUMMARY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUMBERTON NC. THE TORNADO SKIPPED ALONG A TRACK TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AND CAUSED SPORADIC DAMAGE ALONG ITS PATH. EYE WITNESSES INDICATED THAT TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS MERGED AT THE TIME OF THE TOUCHDOWN NEAR POPE CROSSING ROAD. AT THIS LOCATION A SHED WAS DESTROYED AND A MOBILE HOME SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. IN ADDITION...THERE WERE SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN THE AREA. THERE WAS ANOTHER BRIEF TOUCHDOWN JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF BEULAH CHURCH ROAD AND OLD WHITEVILLE ROAD. AT THIS LOCATION TWO SHEDS WERE DESTROYED AND APPROXIMATELY 12 TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN. WITNESSES INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO LIFTED PRIOR TO CROSSING OLD WHITEVILLE ROAD AND MOVED INTO A SWAMPY AREA. ...TORNADO CONFIRMED EAST OF PARKTON NC... LOCATION...3 E OF PARKTON NC ALONG EAST EVERETT RD. ESTIMATED TIME...502 TO 511 PM EDT BEGINNING LAT/LON...34.8821/-78.9677 ENDING LAT/LON...34.9109/-78.9620 EF-SCALE RATING...EF-2 ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...130 MPH PATH WIDTH...15 YARDS PATH LENGTH...2 MILES INJURIES...1 ADULT FEMALE WITH MINOR INJURIES FATALITIES...NONE ...SUMMARY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-2 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WITH PEAK WINDS UP TO 130 MPH ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF PARKTON NC. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG PARKTON-TOBEMORY ROAD HALFWAY BETWEEN HIGHWAY 301 AND INTERSTATE 95 WITH NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE INITIALLY. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTH NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIED TO AN EF-2 AS IT IMPACTED STRUCTURES ALONG EAST EVERETT ROAD (34.9016/-78.9638). ALONG EAST EVERETT ROAD...ONE MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND AN ADULT FEMALE WAS THROWN BY THE TORNADO. THE WOMAN SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. ALSO AT THIS LOCATION THE TORNADO DESTROYED A 2 STORY HOME THAT WAS EMPTY AT THE TIME. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK OFF TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AND EVENTUALLY LIFTED IN A WOODED AREA. TIMES ESTIMATED BY RADAR. $$ SRP