Over 700 reports of severe weather occurred
during Friday's outbreak centered across the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys.
A slight risk for severe storms persists today across parts of the
Southeast. But after today, severe weather is not expected through at
least early next week.  You can also go here for a list of storm reports for NC. NWS confirms that a tornado touched down early this morning east of Charlotte, NC in Mecklenburg and Cabarrus counties. Rating, path length, and other information still being determined.Broadcast media reports 162 homes damaged, 29 of them with major damage and at least 5 completely destroyed, in Cabarrus County NC near the Mecklenburg County line due to a tornado early this morning.From NWS:...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR CHARLOTTE IN EASTERN MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA... LOCATION...CHARLOTTE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA DATE...03/03/12 ESTIMATED TIME...234 AM EST MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...135 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS PATH LENGTH...3.2 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...35.26N / 80.68W ENDING LAT/LON...35.27N / 80.63W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...4 |
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Over 700 reports on 3/2/2012posted Mar 3, 2012, 10:54 AM by Randy Zongker [ updated Jun 2, 2012, 3:07 PM ] |