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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
405 PM EDT SUN APR 11 2021
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR BELVOIR TORNADO EVENT
BELVOIR TORNADO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING (4/11/21)
START LOCATION...BELVOIR IN PITT COUNTY, NC
END LOCATION...BELVOIR IN PITT COUNTY, NC
DATE...APRIL 11TH 2021
ESTIMATED TIME...ABOUT 3:36 AM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90-100 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...0.5 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...35.729/-77.462
ENDING LAT/LON...35.734/-77.456
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0
..SUMMARY
A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH
OF THE TOWN OF BELVOIR IN WESTERN PITT COUNTY. THE TORNADO FIRST MOVED
THROUGH A FIELD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FLOYD HARRIS ROAD, KNOCKING DOWN
SEVERAL TREES. IT THEN CONTINUED ACROSS FLOYD HARRIS ROAD, KNOCKING DOWN
A FEW MORE TREES, AND THEN AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE BACKYARD OF A
RESIDENCE ON PORTER ROAD, SEVERELY DAMAGED A LARGE METAL OUTBUILDING. IT
THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND STRUCK A SMALL HOUSE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE TO THE ROOF AND EXTERIOR WALLS. DUE TO THE AGE OF THE STRUCTURE,
A LOWER WIND THRESHOLD OF AROUND 100 MPH WAS DETERMINED TO CAUSE THIS
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREA OF DAMAGE WAS FOUND HERE
BETWEEN THE TWO RESIDENCES WHERE A FEW OTHER OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED,
SEVERAL SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED, AND A FEW HARDWOOD TREES WERE
UPROOTED. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED ACROSS PORTER ROAD, DOWNING A FEW
MORE TREES ALONG THE ROAD, AND THEN CONTINUED INTO A CLEARED TIMBER
FIELD WHERE IT LIKELY LIFTED.
ADDITIONALLY, TWO SCANS FROM THE KRAX RADAR LOCATED NEAR CLAYTON, SHOWED
A SMALL TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE OR TDS, WHICH FURTHER CONFIRMS THAT A
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THIS AREA.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH
* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM
DATA.
SGK
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