downeastnc Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 NC has 8 confirmed tornadoes before today and I suspect we will see 3-4 confirmed today.....Oklahoma and Kansas each currently have 1 confirmed tornado for the year so far. Pretty wild to think its almost May and NC has had more tornados than Ok and Kansas combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 me & Down East just went down to Washington. quite a bit of damage with some houses destroyed but they had those roads blocked off. we were able to get into some areas and get video and pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye05 Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Some pretty good video of the Washington, NC tornado. Clearly multiple-vortex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvegas-wx Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 me & Down East just went down to Washington. quite a bit of damage with some houses destroyed but they had those roads blocked off. we were able to get into some areas and get video and pictures Bros in law sent video of the house he was hiding in with his neighbor and dog. Dropped the ceiling, blew out the glass and tossed everything around inside. Clearly was close to blowing out the walls too. I still want to see a tornado live, but never in that situation. He said he was able to watch it come down the river before his friend dragged him inside. One of those "cant be happening to me" moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 wow, ysterday was quite the day. I re-downloaded GRLEvel2 21-day trial, and got this supercell volume image at 1929z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 This is the updraft that spawned the Washington tornado I took this from my front yard, the storm would have been in the Black Jack/Chicod area at the time and the tornado that touched down with it looked EF1 tops then it cycled and it was at least EF2 or better IMO when it went into Washington...not sure why it posted them sideways.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornadotony Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Beaufort County tornado is an EF3. First of the year in the U.S. http://kamala.cod.edu/nc/latest.nous42.KMHX.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 First video is just east of the highway 33 and 17 intersection in Chocowinity, the 2nd video is on river road in washington......luckily it missed the trailer homes, and 3rd video is when I was chasing the wall cloud and had a breif touchdown on VOA site C road in western pitt county on the first supercell of the day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLmTQJ1wDnU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDyLeb9sf4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2DvYxmFPzY&list=UUvUpled9zjCoTS1cJB-q7qQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 The tornado when it crossed River Rd was real big 200-300 yrds wide easy and it crossed in a heavily wooded area literally a half mile either way and it would have hit trailer parks etc..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 This is HWY 32 leading up to the junction of Hwy 264 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk0CXLc1RFA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 Another good video of it, this is before it crossed the river and it is roughly over the Whichards Beach area in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UE3KW1NOvA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Heres a pic of the incoming updraft and subsequently led to my video of the wall cloud and funnel. I took this off my girlfiends front porch as it was approaching. It was so huge I couldn't get it all. The 2nd pic is of the wall cloud as it moved over a road where a touchdown was reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Here is one a pic of what looked to be a funnel and this coincides with the report of the touchdown also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 802 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2014 ...MULTIPLE TORNADOES CONFIRMED ON APRIL 25 2014... ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR CHICOD IN PITT COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA... LOCATION...CHICOD IN PITT COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. DATE...APRIL 25 2014. ESTIMATED TIME...722 PM EDT. MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-2. ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...115 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS. PATH LENGTH...1 MILE. BEGINNING LAT/LON...35.47N/77.26W ENDING LAT/LON...35.47N/77.24W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR CHICOD IN PITT COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA ON APRIL 25 2014. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF CHICOD CAUSING EF-1 DAMAGE TO HARD AND SOFTWOOD TREES AS IT PROGRESSED EASTWARD THROUGH PATCHES OF WOODLANDS. THE TORNADO THEN CAUSED EF-1 TO LOW-END EF-2 DAMAGE TO SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES AS WELL AS FARM EQUIPMENT AND OUT BUILDINGS ALONG BLACKJACK-SIMPSON ROAD JUST SOUTH OF STOKESTOWN-SAINT JOHN ROAD. A TRACTOR TRAILER AND PICK-UP TRUCK WERE ALSO FLIPPED IN THIS AREA. THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED AS IT PROGRESSED EASTWARD ACROSS FARM FIELDS. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. && ...TORNADO CONFIRMED FROM NEAR CHOCOWINITY TO NORTH OF BATH IN BEAUFORT COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA... LOCATION...CHOCOWINITY EASTWARD TO NORTH OF BATH IN BEAUFORT COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. DATE...APRIL 25 2014. ESTIMATED TIME...735 PM TO 810 PM. MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-3. ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...150 MPH. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...350 YARDS. PATH LENGTH...21 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...35.51N/77.12W ENDING LAT/LON...35.55N/76.75W * FATALITIES...0. * INJURIES...16 CONFIRMED TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. ADDITIONAL WALK-INS WITH MINOR INJURIES LIKELY. * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO FROM NEAR CHOCOWINITY TO NORTH OF BATH IN BEAUFORT COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA ON APRIL 25 2014. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES WEST OF CHOCOWINITY ALONG TAYLOR ROAD CAUSING EF-0 DAMAGE TO TREES...MOBILE HOMES AND OUT BUILDINGS. THE TORNADO THEN STRENGTHENED CAUSING STRONG EF-2 DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE HOMES...BUSINESSES AND BOTH HARD AND SOFTWOOD TREES FROM THE INTERSECTION OF US HIGHWAY 17 BUSINESS AND NC-33 IN CHOCOWINITY EASTWARD FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED ACROSS FARM AND MARSH LAND BEFORE IMPACTING MULTIPLE HOMES ALONG WHICHARDS BEACH ROAD FROM NEAR WARRENS WAY TO HARBOR DRIVE CAUSING STRONG EF-2 TO MODERATE EF-3 DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED INTO THE WASHINGTON PARK AREA NEAR SHOREWOOD DRIVE AND DANIELS DR AFTER CROSSING THE PAMLICO RIVER. STRONG EF-2 DAMAGE CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES AS THE TORNADO TRACKED EASTWARD ACROSS RIVER ROAD AND IMPACTING SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS SOUTH OF US HIGHWAY 264 TO JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF NC-32 AND US HIGHWAY 264. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE OCCURRED TO NUMEROUS HOMES...MOBILE HOMES AS WELL AS HARD AND SOFTWOOD TREES ALONG THIS PATH WITH SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK EAST OF NC-32 AND NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 264 THROUGH MAINLY SPARSELY POPULATED FARM AND WOODLAND AREAS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 MILES CAUSING MAINLY EF-0 TO LOW-END EF-1 DAMAGE BEFORE DAMAGE WAS NO LONGER OBSERVABLE IN THE TERRA CEIA FARMS AREA. IN ALL...IT IS ESTIMATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 150 TO 200 HOMES AND STRUCTURES SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGED WITH MANY COMPLETELY DESTROYED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWXnc Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 ... NWS Raleigh surveyed the area today: ...STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED 10 MILES EAST OF LOUISBURG IN FRANKLIN COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA... LOCATION...10 MILES EAST OF LOUISBURG IN FRANKLIN COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA DATE...04/25/2014 ESTIMATED TIME...0339 PM EDT ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75-80 MPH * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. Another neat pic below of the storm in Franklin County shared by a neighbor who lives half a mile south of the damage site, she took this picture looking north where the damage in the photos occurred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 Still waiting for them to verify the northern Pitt Co tornado there is pretty clear evidence from video and pics that the wall cloud produced at least 2-3 brief tornados as it crossed the county. I have not heard anything on the tornados that hit around Halifax and have not seen confirmation of the ones in Wayne or Greene Co but again both have video of TOG so I imagine it is forthcoming. MHX has already confirmed the Chicod and Beaufort Co tornados, still nothing on the Greene Co and northern Pitt Co cell they do however have a picture of the Greene Co tornado on the ground in this write up http://www.weather.gov/mhx/April25Tornado The Wakefield survey teams confirmed 3 tornados in the Elizabeth City area http://www.weather.gov/akq/042514tornadoes This is actually turning into a pretty large event for this area, 5 confirmed and at least 1 in Wayne, 1 in Greene, at least 1 in Halifax and 2 in Pitt still not confirmed would put the total number of tornados around 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 Pretty good video of it before and as it crosses the Pamilco River into Washington, in this video is when it was doing EF3 damage in the Whichards Beach area right before it crosses the river. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sDtz3DCBZU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 Some good footage here http://www.wral.com/weather/video/13597169/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 2 confirmed in Greene Co 000NOUS42 KMHX 271822PNSMHXNCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-272130-PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC222 PM EDT SUN APR 27 2014...NWS METEOROLOGISTS ARE CURRENTLY SURVEYING STORM DAMAGE IN GREENEAND PITT COUNTIES THAT OCCURRED DURING THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL25TH...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC ISCURRENTLY CONDUCTING A STORM SURVEY FOR THE AREAS IN GREENE COUNTYAND WILL BE MOVING INTO PITT COUNTY SHORTLY.THE SURVEY IS ONGOING BUT WE HAVE CONFIRMED THERE WERE A COUPLE OFBRIEF TOUCHDOWNS IN GREENE COUNTY...HERE ARE SOME PRELIMINARYESTIMATES OF INTENSITY.ABOUT 5 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF SNOW HILL NEAR KEARNEY CEMETERYROAD...EF0 APPROXIMATE TIME OF TOUCHDOWN 437 PM.ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF SNOW HILL NEAR BEAMON OLD CREEKROAD...EF1 APPROXIMATE TIME OF TOUCHDOWN 446 PM.IT SHOULD BE NOTED THESE ARE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES.A FINAL ASSESSMENT INCLUDING RESULTS OF THE SURVEY ARE EXPECTED TO BECOMPLETED AND TRANSMITTED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 Sadly a 11 month old injured in the Chowan Co tornado succumbed to injuries becoming the nations first tornado death of the season..... http://www.wnct.com/story/25353503/11-month-old-dies-following-enc-tornadoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Heres a short vid from my girlfriends phone it has much better quality than mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Great video especially at around 1:32 secs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4sn7OvoQqA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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