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NWUS52 KRAH 170430 LSRRAH PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1129 PM EST SUN NOV 16 2008 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0215 AM TORNADO 9 SSE GODWIN 35.10N 78.61W 11/15/2008 F0 SAMPSON NC NWS STORM SURVEY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS CONCENTRATED AT A DWELLING ALONG MAXWELL ROAD IN WESTERN SAMPSON COUNTY...WHERE TREES WERE SNAPPED...A CARPORT WAS BLOWN AND TWISTED INTO TREES...AND SHRUBS WERE PULLED FROM THE GROUND. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE ESTIMATED WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 50 YARDS. 0245 AM TORNADO 5 NE SPIVEY`S CORNER 35.30N 78.45W 11/15/2008 F1 JOHNSTON NC NWS STORM SURVEY THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN JUST OFF NOAH ROAD, WHERE THERE WERE SEVERAL UPROOTED TREES. IT CROSSED WOOD CROSSROADS, PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE DOUBLE-WIDE MOBILE HOME AND TEARING THE PORCH OFF A SUBSTANTIAL BRICK SINGLE LEVEL HOME. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED NORTH-NORTHWEST PRODUCING MINOR DAMAGE ON FIVE POINTS ROAD TO A DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME AND OTHER MINOR DAMAGE TO SHEDS AND STORAGE BUILDINGS. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS ONE MILE. 0303 AM TORNADO 2 S PINE LEVEL 35.48N 78.25W 11/15/2008 F0 JOHNSTON NC NWS STORM SURVEY THE TORNADO TRACKED FOR THREE MILES, INITIALLY TOUCHING DOWN NEAR DAUGHTRY ROAD SOUTH OF US HWY 70 AND FINALLY LIFTING ALONG COUNTRY STORE ROAD. A TRAVEL TRAILER WAS OVERTURNED AND SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF SHINGLES AND SIDING. THREE HOMES ALSO HAD THEIR CHIMNEYS DESTROYED BY THE WIND. OTHER DAMAGE TO A BARN AND HORSE TRAILER WAS NOTED ALONG WITH NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES. 0312 AM TORNADO KENLY 35.59N 78.13W 11/15/2008 F2 JOHNSTON NC NWS STORM SURVEY *** 1 FATAL, 2 INJ *** AT LEAST 10 HOMES WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED TO DESTROYED IN THE KENLY AREA NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SCOTT ROAD AND BRIDGERS ROAD. CARS HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED SCOTT ROAD, A DOUBLE-WIDE MOBILE HOME WAS REMOVED FROM ITS FOUNDATION AND FLIPPED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET. A 60 YEAR OLD FEMALE OCCUPANT OF THIS MOBILE HOME WAS KILLED. TWO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE TORNADO PATH LENGTH WAS AROUND FOUR AND A HALF MILES. 0330 AM TORNADO 3 WSW ELM CITY 35.79N 77.91W 11/15/2008 F3 WILSON NC NWS STORM SURVEY *** 1 FATAL, 4 INJ *** A HOUSE WAS DESTROYED AT 3850 LONDON CHURCH ROAD WHERE ONE FATALITLY WAS CONFIRMED. ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THIS HOME TO THE NORTHEAST...THE UPPER PORTION OF A HOME WAS DESTROYED...AND ANOTHER HOME HAD A ROOF COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY WITH TREES ON TOP OF IT. OTHER HOMES AND BUILDINGS ALONG THE TORNADOS EIGHT MILE PATH SUFFERED MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED AS WELL. FOUR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. 0410 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 N LEGGETT 36.04N 77.57W 11/15/2008 EDGECOMBE NC LAW ENFORCEMENT A LARGE TREE WAS UPROOTED AND SMASHED A PARKED VEHICLE ON DRAUGHN ROAD. && $$ JFB