...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR ALLIGATOR, OR 8 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA IN
TYRRELL COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...

LOCATION...ALLIGATOR, OR 8 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA IN TYRRELL COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
DATE...4/16/11
ESTIMATED TIME...905 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...105 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...550 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...7.2 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...35.85N / 76.21W
ENDING LAT/LON...35.91N / 76.10W
* 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 NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC HAS
CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR ALLIGATOR, OR 8 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA IN
TYRRELL COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA ON 4/16/11.

EVIDENCE OF A TORNADO BEGAN ALONG HIGHWAY 94, ABOUT 5.5 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBIA NC. A STAND OF TREES ALONG EITHER SIDE OF THE
HIGHWAY SUSTAINED DAMAGE, SOME OF WHICH WERE SNAPPED. EVIDENCE OF
EF0 TORNADO DAMAGE OCCURRED HERE.

THE TORNADO THEN PROCEDED NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH FIELDS AND FARMLAND.
IT THEN  PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO A CHURCH AT THE CORNER OF
U.S. HIGHWAY 64 AND OLD U.S. 64 IN THE COMMUNITY OF ALLIGATOR.
NEARLY HALF OF THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF THE CHURCH...AND AN ENTIRE
WALL OF THE CHURCH COLLAPSED...EVIDENT OF EF1 DAMAGE. A MOBILE HOME
NEARBY ALSO SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE. MANY TREES ON EITHER SIDE OF
U.S. HIGHWAY 64 WERE SNAPPED.