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After the devastation at the school, the 0.25 mi (0.40 km)-wide tornado [9] destroyed five farmhouses before lifting. The legacy of the tornado lived on in local folklore [10] as A. P. Carter of the Carter Family, having visited the storm-stricken area and assisted in relief efforts, immediately recorded a song about the storm. [11]
A high risk of severe weather was issued on April 16 for most of eastern North Carolina, and parts of southeast Virginia and northeast South Carolina. The next day, a moderate risk of severe weather was issued for April 16 for the Carolinas and southern Virginia as the cold front tracked eastward and a mesolow developed across the Appalachians.
High risk convective outlook issued by the Storm Prediction center at 13:00 UTC on May 6. Starting April 30, the Storm Prediction Center noted that certain models, including the ECMWF, forecasted a multi-day period of high instability and supportive wind shear across the Southern and Central Plains, [10] and by May 1, a 15% risk was added across Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Texas. [11]
A state of emergency was declared in the Virginia Beach area after an enormous tornado caused damage to more than 100 homes on Sunday evening. According to city officials, no injuries or ...
Large hail and wind damage reports were widespread – golf-ball sized hail was recorded near Columbia, South Carolina and Monroe, North Carolina, with severe wind reports from over 100 counties from Georgia to Maryland. Some form of storm damage was noted in almost every North Carolina county between I-95 and the Blue Ridge Mountains.
UPDATE: Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect until 4:15 p.m.At 3:31, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Stuarts Draft to near Cornwall, moving southeast at 65 mph.
The tornado exited Hopewell, weakened to an F0, and dissipated in Charles City County. From start to finish, this storm caused 4 deaths and 246 injuries. It was the deadliest Virginia tornado since 10 people were killed in Ivy on September 30, 1959. [2] It was also the first recorded F4 tornado in Virginia state history. [3]