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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
438 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2024
...NWS FINDS EVIDENCE OF A TORNADO IN JACKSON COUNTY NORTH
CAROLINA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
PERFORMED A STORM SURVEY FOR AN AREA BETWEEN CULLOWHEE AND
GLENVILLE IN JACKSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. THE SURVEY IS IN
RELATION TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING OF THURSDAY, MAY 9
2024.
THE TEAM SURVEYED A PATH EAST OF US HIGHWAY 23/441, IN RURAL AREAS
BETWEEN CULLOWHEE AND GLENVILLE. A PATH OF DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH
A TORNADO WAS FOUND, WITH DAMAGE OBSERVED NEAR ELLIJAY RD, WHITE
ROCK RD, HIGHWAY 107, AND TROUT CREEK RD. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO
UPROOTED OR SNAPPED TREE TRUNKS, OR LARGE BRANCHES BEING DOWNED.
THE TORNADO SO FAR HAS BEEN RATED AT EF1 WITH PEAK WINDS OF 110
MPH. PATH WIDTH IS ASSESSED TO BE 75 YARDS, AND PATH LENGTH AT
LEAST 6.5 MILES.
DUE TO RUGGED TERRAIN AND THE LACK OF ROADS INTO AREAS WHERE
DAMAGE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE OCCURRED, COUNTY OFFICIALS WILL BE
USING DRONE PHOTOGRAPHY AND OTHER IMAGERY TO SUPPLEMENT THE
OBSERVATIONS OF NWS METEOROLOGISTS. THESE EFFORTS MAY NOT BE
COMPLETED UNTIL NEXT WEEK. AFTER OUR METEOROLOGISTS RECEIVE THE
RESULTS OF THE COUNTY SURVEYS, A FULL STATEMENT WITH MORE SPECIFIC
DETAILS OF THE TORNADO WILL BE TRANSMITTED BY OUR OFFICE. THAT
STATEMENT WILL PROVIDE PRECISE START, END AND PATH LOCATIONS.
THE SURVEY TEAM IS STILL ASSESSING DAMAGE IN THE BLACK MOUNTAIN
AREA OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. A STATEMENT WITH FINDINGS OF THAT SURVEY
MAY NOT BE TRANSMITTED UNTIL 10 PM EDT MAY 10 2024.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
WIMBERLEY
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