MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) – The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed that a tornado packing 80 mph winds touched down in North Carolina Saturday night. The EF-0 tornado was confirmed to have touched down in eastern McDowell County around 8:10 p.m. on April 10. The tornado had estimated peak winds of 80 miles per hour…
Tornado warning was sent as EF3 twister touched down in NC. Why the short notice?
At 11:39 p.m. Monday, the National Weather Service in Wilmington issued a tornado warning for the small coastal community of Shallotte, North Carolina. But the storm was already at the doorstep. At least three people were killed and 10 injured when a tornado touched down in Brunswick County at the same time a warning was…
Remembering Raleigh: Saturday marks anniversary of historic, deadly 1988 tornado
If you lived in Raleigh in November of 1988, you remember the tornado. I was only five years old. I remember walking outside that evening, pointing at the clouds and saying to my mom, “They look weird. They look scary.” I had just seen “The Land Before Time,” and images of Little Foot’s ghostly dinosaur…
Two tornadoes confirmed in ENC, EF-1 & EF-0
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) – EF-1: Merrimon During a storm survey on Saturday, the National Weather Service out of Newport confirmed an EF-1 tornado in Carteret County. The tornado touched down around 9:16 pm on Thursday in Merrimon snapping a number of pine trees. The estimated wind speed with this tornado was between 90 and 100…
NWS confirms tornado touched down in Wilmington Thursday night
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The National Weather Service confirms a weak tornado touched down in Wilmington during Thursday night’s storms. It happened around 9:30 p.m. A preliminary storm report shows an EF-0 tornado with winds up to 70 mph skipped across the Clear Run and Campus Edge apartments, touching down twice and damaging roofs. NWS…
Meteorologists have warned about North Carolina’s ‘radar gap’ for years. It’s taking a toll on forecasts.
Rotating supercell thunderstorms barreled across the North Carolina Piedmont on Saturday night, prompting tornado sirens to blare in Charlotte as three dangerous storms targeted the city. A total of 18 tornado warnings were issued for the trio of tempests as they straddled the North Carolina-South Carolina State line and tracked directly into the Queen City…
Tornadoes rip through the South, leaving at least 16 dead
At least 16 people were killed after tornadoes began ripping through the South on Easter, destroying homes and storefronts and leaving over 1 million people without power from an intense storm system now headed towards the Mid-Atlantic. Tornadoes and severe weather hit Central Texas early Sunday, bringing “gigantic” hail and damage, and then traveled east…
11 tornadoes reported across South as deadly storm causes power outages, major flooding
A powerful winter storm that roared out of New Mexico three days ago was pushing through New England on Saturday, leaving floods, twisters, heavy snow and power outages along its 1,500-mile path. At least five deaths were blamed on the fast-moving storm in Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. The storm, which generated at…
4 Charlotte area tornadoes confirmed. One crossed I-485 — twice, NWS storm team says
Four tornadoes touched down during Thursday’s severe weather in the Charlotte region, the National Weather Service confirmed Friday night. The strongest, an EF-2 with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, formed just before 11 a.m. at Battleground Road and Interstate 85 in Grover. That’s south of Kings Mountain in Cleveland County. The tornado traveled 8.57…
Tornado touches down in Kannapolis
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – A tornado touched down in Kannapolis Thursday amid Tornado Warnings and Watches in the WBTV viewing area. The tornado touched down near Lane Street and the Interstate 85 Exit, the city of Kannapolis confirmed around 12:30 p.m. No injuries were reported but there is property damage and downed power lines. Viewers…