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Confirmed tornado in alamance county
Mar 6, 2008 | 9:49 AM
Category: Weather
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This occured on March 4, 2008 around 4:54 pm

NWS STORM SURVEY FINDS AN EF-0 TORNADO IN NORTHERN ALAMANCE
COUNTY...

AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ONE HALF MILE SOUTH OF WILLIE PACE
ROAD... NEAR UNION RIDGE ROAD IN NORTHERN ALAMANCE COUNTY YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON...MARCH 4TH 2008. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 70
AND 75 MPH. THE TORNADO TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST AFTER TOUCH DOWN...
AND CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES... WITH A DAMAGE WIDTH OF
APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND IN
NORTHERN ALAMANCE COUNTY FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES AND CONTINUED ON INTO CASWELL COUNTY FOR APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 3 MILES. THE TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE TO SEVERAL STRUCTURES NEAR WILLIE PACE ROAD IN NORTHERN ALAMANCE COUNTY AND DESTROYED A BARN NEAR VINSON ROAD NEAR THE ALAMANCE/CASWELL COUNTY LINE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG THE TRACK. IN ADDITION...A COUPLE OF HOMES WERE DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED IN CASWELL COUNTY. FURTHER INFORMATION FOR CASWELL COUNTY CAN BE FOUND IN STATEMENTS

This map is a "very rough" image that I made of the estimated path of the tornado.

<a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/davidd2
172/?action=view&current=AlamanceCountyTornadoPath.png<
/a>" target="_blank"><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh269/davidd21
72/AlamanceCountyTornadoPath.png" border="0" alt="alamance county tornado 3_4_08"></a>

 

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cindykay54 read my blog view my photos
Mar 8, 2008 | 1:02 AM

Thats scary BR!! We do tend to have some wild weather here ever so often. Thanks for posting.....
Burlington_Rocker read my blog view my photos
Mar 9, 2008 | 9:46 AM

The NWS has now put up a case study including an official detailed map and pictures of damaged houses at http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/news/content/AlamanceSurvey
.pdf.
seaangelrainqueen read my blog view my photos
Mar 19, 2008 | 3:17 AM

Hey BR!!! Yes, we certainly did have a tornado go through the Elon community, and also just barely across the county line in Caswell Co. on Baynes Road! That is 10 miles north of where I live, so it was a little "too close for comfort", LOL!!! I can understand the NWS needing to confirm such a small area of occurence, but it was very evident by the way the trees were "twisted off" and not "blown down" that a tornado caused the damage! Now, if the trees had just "blown over", then I could understand the confusion, but when the trees are twisted, gnarled, and still sitting beside where they were once growing, THAT IS A TORNADO'S DESTRUCTION! It may not have been on the ground for long, but it still touched down in both cases and the damage that was left behind was clearly evident of tornadic activity. But, it was nice to have the NWS here and in Caswell Co. (right up the road) to survey the damage and PROVE that they were tornado touchdowns. BR, be ready for today, especially this afternoon and evening, and keep "an eye on the sky" for us!!! We appreciate your information!!!
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Born and Raised in Alamance County, I've lived in a few other places in the the triad area virtually my entire life, except for a 5-year stint in the US Army that took me to numerous places around the country and around the world. Music is my primary passion. I've seen so many live shows, too many to count. Bands like Ac/Dc, Kiss, Metallica, Dave Matthews, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Mike-E, Guns N Roses, Cinderella, Ted Nugent, the list goes on and on. I like everything from old 80's hair band stuff to new age Christian rock to jazz to classic country. I play drums at our church almost every Sunday, and am working on a couple of side musical projects. I am also a member of Triad Skywarn, the CoCoRaHS network, and a proud member of the Fox 8 Weather Watchers. If you want to learn more about any of those groups, feel free to ask me about them.

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