Severe weather: Southeast - March 28-29

[srainhoutx]

Long weekend Dave. Thanks for all the efforts. I'll be ready for this weekend.

[Cookie]

some vidoes from last nights tornadoes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na5Y6bBnwb8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI2AeXdxs78

[srainhoutx]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
510 PM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR HIGH POINT IN GUILFORD COUNTY NORTH
CAROLINA...

LOCATION...HIGH POINT IN GUILFORD COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA
DATE...03/28/2010
ESTIMATED TIME...730 EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF3 ESTIMATED
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...138 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...250 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...
* FATALITIES...
* INJURIES...3

* 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 RALEIGH NC HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO
NEAR HIGH POINT IN SOUTHWEST GUILFORD COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA ON
03/28/2010.

THIS TORNADO APPEARS TO BE A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADOES THAT
EFFECTED DAVIDSON COUNTY.

THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY AT 730 PM EDT
NEAR OLD PLANK ROAD IN SOUTHWEST GUILFORD COUNTY. DAMAGE SURVEYED
INDICATED THE TORNADO WAS AN EF2 TORNADO WITH WINDS AROUND 130
MPH FOR MOST OF ITS DURATION...WITH WINDS BRIEFLY REACHING EF3
INTENSITY AND WINDS OF 138 MPH. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED TO JUST
NORTH OF SKEET CLUB ROAD...WITH AN AVERAGE PATH WIDTH OF 250
YARDS....AND EVENTUALLY LIFTED JUST NORTH OF SKEET CLUB ROAD.

DAMAGE WAS RATHER EXTENSIVE...SNAPPING NUMEROUS LARGE TREES IN
HALF AND DAMAGING OVER 200 HOMES ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO. THE UPPER
LEVEL OF ONE HOME ON SILVERSTONE COURT WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED
FROM THE STRUCTURE. A SECOND STORY BEDROOM WAS BLOWN OFF OF A HOME
AT THE INTERSECTION OF OLD MILL AND BRANDON ROADS...AND THREE
PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED UNDER THE DEBRIS. ALL INJURIES WERE MINOR.

FURTHER DETAILS WILL PROVIDED WHEN THE SURVEY IS COMPLETE.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/RAH.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

[CrazyC83]

Same outbreak killed 3 people from a tornado in the Bahamas.

http://www.bahamaislandsinfo.com/index. ... Itemid=146

No rating was assigned that I could see, but the damage looks like an EF2 based on pictures.

[Stephanie]

Bahamas, huh? WOW!

[CrazyC83]

Yeah that was quite a rare and tragic event for sure there! They average 1 tornado every 3 years and usually spawned by hurricanes, not supercells.