Severe Storm Reports from Monday 4 / 6
By Gannon Medwick
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
An energetic cold front ignited vigorous thunderstorms in portions of Eastern Carolina Monday 4 / 6. Here is a list of severe storm reports:
Sunbury, Gates County: confirmed tornado just southeast of town
Clarkton, Bladen County: confirmed tornado 5 miles southeast of town
Lewiston-Woodville: roof torn off of Peanut Reaserch Institute, falling trees damage cars
Aulander: trees down
Nashville: trees down
Old Ford: trees down
Winterville: .75” diam. hail
Snow Hill: .75” diam. hail
Fremont: .75” diam. hail
Cedar Island: 1” diam. hail
Strong storm cells also produced funnel clouds near Snow Hill and Pactolus around 10:45am and 12:05pm, respectively.
A final thought: Since any sany storm that produces a funnel cloud can quickly produce a tornado, storms with funnel clouds must be respected and heeded in the same way as storms actually producing tornadoes. Thankfully, this time, I have seen no reports to suggest that the rotating funnels actually touched down in / near the Snow Hill or Pactolus areas. Click here for more on the similarities and differences between funnel clouds and tornadoes.
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