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MATTHEWS, N.C. — There was widespread damage across Matthews after an EF-1 tornado touched down on Thursday. The Matthews Building Supply Company was among the hardest hit.   Employees say there were at least four buildings damaged or destroyed.  Two workers told WCNC Charlotte they were inside a small shed when the tornado hit; one of them immediately ran to a different building, the other stayed behind. Uriah Sturdivant described what he saw from inside…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The National Weather Service spent Friday surveying storm damage across the Carolinas after severe storms Thursday. As of 10 p.m. Friday, storm investigators confirmed at least 8 tornadoes touchdowned in the North Carolina and South Carolina Thursday. More tornadoes could be confirmed as the National Weather Service continues to review damage. Charlotte / Mecklenburg County An EF-1 tornado with winds of 110 mph traveled nearly 17 miles across south Mecklenburg, through neighbors…

ALBEMARLE, N.C. — The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-1 tornado Thursday in Stanly County caused damage, including to a child care center. Storm investigators Friday found the tornado touched down near Millingport and continued on a “discontinuous” path 7.3 miles toward Albemarle. Near Flint Ridge Road, investigators found damage to a double-wide manufactured home and a large storage outbuilding.  Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped as the tornado moved east. Near Pennington Road,…

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — In Cabarrus county, the damage from Thursday’s tornado is significant, spanning neighborhoods along Old Salisbury-Concord Road. A roof was completely ripped off a home on Old Salisbury Concord Rd in Kannapolis. At the time of the storm, a 16-year-old boy was inside the home. He said he ran to a closet with his cat as he heard glass shattering. “I saw a wall of rain and wind come, so then I bolted…

GOLD HILL, N.C. — The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF0 tornado caused damage in Rowan County Thursday. The tornado was one of four across the greater Charlotte area Thursday. This EF0 tornado began near the intersection of Old Beatty Ford Road and Saint Stephens Church Road about a mile south of Gold Hill. The tornado, with max winds of 85 mph and a maximum width of 25 yards, damaged a small barn, according…

LIBERTY, N.C. — A tornado with winds up to 100 mph ripped through Liberty, NC and destroyed trees and tore a chicken house to shreds.  Gary Smith owns the property the old chicken house was on. He says it was no longer being used to house chickens, but he stored a few things like a spare scooter in it. “Me and my wife was in Asheboro and my sister lives across the road and she…

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — In Cabarrus county, the damage from Thursday’s tornado is significant, spanning neighborhoods along Old Salisbury-Concord Road. A roof was completely ripped off a home on Old Salisbury Concord Rd in Kannapolis. At the time of the storm, a 16-year-old boy was inside the home. He said he ran to a closet with his cat as he heard glass shattering. “I saw a wall of rain and wind come, so then I bolted…

MATTHEWS, N.C. — There was widespread damage across Matthews, after an EF-1 tornado touched down on Thursday. The Matthews Building Supply Company was among the hardest hit.   Employees say there were at least four buildings damaged or destroyed.  Two workers told WCNC Charlotte they were inside a small shed when the tornado hit; one of them immediately ran to a different building, the other stayed behind. Uriah Sturdivant described what he saw from inside…

An EF-1 tornado touched down west of Pineville during Thursday’s severe weather, the National Weather Service confirmed Friday. The EF-1 tornado, which is the second-weakest of of six types of tornadoes, has maximum sustained winds of 95 mph. The tornado touchded down at 12:18 p.m. “almost exactly on the NC/SC line along Nations Ford Road,” officials said, and continued east into Matthews and Union County. Much of the area continues to experience flooding and damage…

At least four tornadoes were confirmed by the National Weather Service during Thursday’s severe weather, the organization said Friday. Two EF-2 tornadoes — with maximum sustained winds of 135 mph — were confirmed, one south of Kings Mountain at about 10:55 a.m. and another in Kannapolis at about 11:45 a.m. An EF-1 tornado also touched down west of Pineville. The EF-1 tornado, which is the second-weakest of of six types of tornadoes, has maximum sustained…

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. — The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-2 tornado Thursday caused Duke Energy high tension electrical transmission towers to blow over in 130 mph winds. The tornado caused damage over 8.5 miles from Grover in Cleveland County, through Kings Mountain, and towards Crowders in Gaston County, according to the National Weather Service.  The tornado begin near Interstate 85 and moved east for 10 minutes. It snapped trees, damaged homes, and bent…

MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. — Firefighters ordered families to evacuate a Mount Holly apartment complex Friday morning following flooding along Dutchmans Creek. The flooding displaced families in four of the five apartment buildings at Century Plaza Apartments and shut down the intersection of N.C. 27 and N.C. 273. Angel Holguin and his mother returned to their apartment later in the morning to pick up their dogs who they left behind. Holguin said firefighters told them there…

Four tornadoes touched down during Thursday’s severe weather in the Charlotte region, the National Weather Service confirmed Friday night. The strongest, an EF-2 with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, … Click to Continue »

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The National Weather Service confirms an EF-1 tornado touchdown in south Charlotte during Thursday’s strong storms.  NWS sent their survey crews to southern Mecklenburg Friday to investigate the storm damage and confirm a tornado did touchdown between Pineville and Matthews. Trisha Palmer, with the National Weather Service, said the EF-1 tornado had maximum sustained winds of 96 mph and the path of the tornado was at least 17 miles long.  “We saw…

North Carolina has seen tornadoes rip across its landscape from the mountains to the coast. More than 330 of them have touched down in the state from 2010 through 2019, … Click to Continue »