Here's an excerpt from the Associated Press article, published in the Asheville Citizen-Times:
Weather officials confirm there was a tornado in the storm system that swept through parts of western North Carolina this week, flinging mobile homes into valleys, damaging dozens of buildings and injuring nearly 20 people.
The storm system struck Rutherford and Burke counties on Wednesday, as a cold front moved through the western Carolinas. A National Weather Service survey team reported the system produced a tornado of EF2 strength, with winds of roughly 115 miles an hour.
“The trailer started shaking and we were gone,” said Samantha Owens of Ellenboro, in Rutherford County. “It just picked and we just started rolling.”Read the full article
Weather officials confirm there was a tornado in the storm system that swept through parts of western North Carolina this week, flinging mobile homes into valleys, damaging dozens of buildings and injuring nearly 20 people.
The storm system struck Rutherford and Burke counties on Wednesday, as a cold front moved through the western Carolinas. A National Weather Service survey team reported the system produced a tornado of EF2 strength, with winds of roughly 115 miles an hour.
“The trailer started shaking and we were gone,” said Samantha Owens of Ellenboro, in Rutherford County. “It just picked and we just started rolling.”Read the full article
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