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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
534 PM EDT FRI MAR 13 2026
..STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE SURVEY
LOCATION...4 MILES SE OF FOUR OAKS, NC
COUNTY...JOHNSTON
DATE...MARCH 12, 2026
ESTIMATED TIME...1220 PM EDT
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND...85 MPH
PATH LENGTH...SCATTERED DAMAGE
PATH WIDTH...N/A
FATALITIES...0
INJURIES...0
SUMMARY:
A STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT SCATTERED WIND DAMAGE THAT
OCCURRED AROUND 12:20 PM EDT ON THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2026,
APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOUR OAKS, WAS CAUSED BY A
LOCALIZED POCKET OF INTENSE STRAIGHT-LINE WIND GUSTS. DAMAGE
CONSISTED PRIMARILY OF SNAPPED AND UPROOTED PINE TREES ALONG WITH
ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES AND DETACHED GARAGE STRUCTURES. TREE
FALL WAS LARGELY UNIFORM IN DIRECTION, INDICATING STRONG
UNIDIRECTIONAL WINDS. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF CONVERGENCE WITHIN
THE SURVEYED DAMAGE, WHICH WOULD BE MORE TYPICAL OF DAMAGE
ASSOCIATED WITH A TORNADO. THE DAMAGE WAS SCATTERED IN NATURE AND
DID NOT OCCUR ALONG A DEFINED PATH, CONSISTENT WITH STRAIGHT-LINE
WINDS RATHER THAN A TORNADIC CIRCULATION. BASED ON THE OBSERVED
TREE DAMAGE AND STRUCTURAL IMPACTS, PEAK WIND GUSTS WERE ESTIMATED
TO BE NEAR 85 MPH. THE SAME OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND COLD FRONT LATER
PRODUCED ANOTHER AREA OF CONCENTRATED STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE
AROUND 12:50 PM EDT NEAR PIKEVILLE IN WAYNE COUNTY, WHERE SEVERAL
HOMES, PARTICULARLY ALONG HIGHLAND PARK DRIVE, SUSTAINED ROOF
DAMAGE AND BROKEN WINDOWS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK JOHNSTON COUNTY
EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS DAMAGE SURVEY.
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