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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sat Jul 06 2002 - 19:21:54 EDT

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
316 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2002

RESULTS OF SURVEY OF POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SELMA (JOHNSTON COUNTY)
FRIDAY NIGHT JULY 5TH.

A SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE FROM LAST NIGHT'S STORM IN SELMA WAS
CONDUCTED TODAY BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE SURVEY
CONCLUDED THAT THE DAMAGE RESULTED FROM DOWNBURST WINDS FROM A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THESE WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN FROM
60 TO 70 MPH.

THE EVIDENCE OF A DOWNBURST WAS A FAN LIKE PATTERN OF DAMAGE
BEGINNING IN NORTHWEST SELMA. AT THIS LOCATION ONLY HIGHER BRANCHES
OF TREES WERE DAMAGED. THE DAMAGE THEN SPREAD IN A PATTERN THAT
FANNED OUT TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. WHILE DOING THIS THE HIGH
WINDS MOVED TOWARD THE GROUND. THE GREATEST DAMAGE WAS WITHIN 7 TO
10 CITY BLOCKS OF GREEN STREET.

THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY TWISTING TYPE OF DAMAGE. TREES WERE
BASICALLY PUSHED OVER BY THE HIGH WINDS AND FELL IN THE SAME
DIRECTION. ROOFS WERE PEELED BACK ON A SMARTSTART BUILDING...A BBT
BANK BUILDING AND FROM A HOUSE. EYEWITNESSES CLAIMED IT WAS HARD TO
SEE THE TREES AND BUILDINGS DAMAGED THROUGH THE HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE
HAIL.

CLINE/SCHNEIDER

At 09:25 AM 7/6/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>AP REPORT:
>
>"A cold front pushing south triggered showers and thunderstorms that were
>especially strong in Virginia and North Carolina. One tornado touched down
>in the town of Selma, N.C., but damage estimates were not reported."
>
>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020706/ap_on_we_us/weatherpage_weather_11
>
>NWS REPORT:
>
>0715 PM SELMA NC TORNADO
>07/05/02 JOHNSTON TORNADO REPORTED BY
> SKYWARN IN BUFFALO AND
> RIVER ROADS AREA. DEBRIS
> SEEN AND ROTATION OBSERVED.
>
>http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/nc/public.html
>

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