Unfortunately early this morning a powerful supercell produced up to 7 tornadoes killing two in North Carolina... It looks to me like the official total will be 3 confirmed tornadoes ranging from EF1 to EF3... Sometimes on the SPC storm reports a tornado will be counted multiple times... The supercell developed about 35 miles southeast of Raleigh, NC with the worst damage in Kenly, NC along the border of the Johnston/Wilson county lines... With the tornadoes occurring between about 2:30am and 4:00am in the morning it's honestly amazing more people were not hurt or killed... This is typical of many killer tornadoes in the south as they usually occur late at night when people are asleep... So even with proper warning from the NWS you won't know it's coming unless a tornado siren is sounded...
Unfortunately not everyone hears those sirens and really just goes to show how important weather radios are... Most everyone has a smoke alarm yet many don't have a weather radio, even in the Deep South where nighttime tornadoes are common... Hopefully you will never use your smoke alarm but I promise you that everyone would use their weather radio multiple times in a few years, especially in the Deep South! If you don't have a weather radio I HIGHLY recommend getting one to protect you and you family!!! Here is a couple of good news stories on today's tornadoes in North Carolina... Also I have linked a couple sites talking about a very famous tornado outbreak that hammered North Carolina and South Carolina on March 28th 1984... Sadly 57 people lost their lives that night!!!
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