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Tornado watch in place until 9 p.m. A tornado watch was issued at 1:45 p.m. for 38 eastern and central North Carolina counties including Cumberland, Hoke, Harnett, Lee, Moore and Sampson counties ...
The National Weather Service issued its first tornado warnings — for northern Chatham County and central Orange County — at 10:38 a.m. Friday, spawning a frenzy of weather updates.
North Carolina gets an average of 31 tornadoes per year. “Tornado season” is March through May, but they can happen any time. The National Weather Service offers these tips :
Hard rain of 1 foot and more inundated the southeastern coast of North Carolina on Monday as a storm moved ashore and aimed for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. ... according to a tornado warning ...
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
A tornado touched down in North Carolina on Wednesday afternoon, downing trees, damaging homes and closing stretches of highway. The twister was reported in Rocky Mount in Nash County, about 50 ...
Notably, the National Weather Service office in North Platte failed to issue a tornado warning before the tornado hit Whitman, causing controversy among citizens. [185] [better source needed] On June 26, multiple tornadoes impacted the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania metropolitan area, including an EF2 tornado near New Alexandria.
The National Weather Service in Wilmington confirmed a tornado touchdown Sunday afternoon as a coastal storm moved through the Myrtle Beach area.