HICKORY— The Hickory Regional Airport received the brunt of a storm that ripped through the eastern part of Burke County with what some said were 100 mph winds. Around 4:45 p.m., several reports were made of tornado touchdowns across multiple different counties in the foothills. It is undetermined if a tornado made a landing at…
NWS confirms EF1 tornado touchdown in Burke County
CONNELLY SPRINGS — A survey team from the National Weather Service’s Greenville-Spartanburg office confirmed Tuesday what many folks in the eastern end of Burke County felt Sunday. An EF1 tornado touched down near Connelly Springs on Sunday evening, the NWS confirmed in its preliminary findings Tuesday. The weather service classifies an EF1 tornado as having…