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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
718 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 7/10/26 TORNADO EVENT
CLEVELAND, LINCOLN, AND CATAWBA COUNTIES TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.99 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 07/10/2026
START TIME: 06:49 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 NNE CASAR / CLEVELAND COUNTY / NC
START LAT/LON: 35.5544 / -81.5895
END DATE: 07/10/2026
END TIME: 07:00 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSE COOKSVILLE / CATAWBA COUNTY / NC
END LAT/LON: 35.5681 / -81.4669
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR CASAR, NORTH CAROLINA. THE
FIRST EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG PARKER ROAD NEAR
JESSE MOUNTAIN ROAD, WHERE SEVERAL LARGE PINE TREES WERE UPROOTED
OR SNAPPED NEAR THE TOPS OF THEIR TRUNKS. THE MOST CONCENTRATED
DAMAGE OCCURRED AS THE TORNADO TRACKED EASTWARD ACROSS DIRTY
ANKLE ROAD AND ANKLE ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR
SNAPPED, AND SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED PRIMARILY MINOR DAMAGE. AN
ATTACHED PORCH WAS DISPLACED SEVERAL FEET FROM A MANUFACTURED
HOME. TREES FELL IN A CONVERGENT PATTERN, SUPPORTING THE
DETERMINATION THAT THE DAMAGE WAS TORNADIC. A CAMPER WAS
OVERTURNED, AND ONE PERSON WHO WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME SUSTAINED
MINOR INJURIES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EASTWARD INTO FAR
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY, PRODUCING SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE NEAR
NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 10 BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR THE LINCOLN
COUNTY AND CATAWBA COUNTY LINE. THE ESTIMATED PEAK WIND SPEED WAS
90 MPH.
WE APPRECIATE THE COORDINATION WITH THE CLEVELAND COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
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.
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