Hurricane Hugo made landfall on September 21, 1989 in a small town near Charleston, SC called McCleanville. The storm caused a total of 34 fatalities with 27 of those being in South Carolina. Hugo caused 10 billion dollars in damage, which at the time made this the most costly storm […]
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Hurricane Floyd was the sixth named storm and the third major hurricane of the 1999 hurricane season. It made landfall near Cape Fear as a category 2 hurricane and caused flooding in some North Carolina rivers to reach there 500 year flood level. Hurricane Floyd claimed 57 lives and caused […]
Saturday’s severe weather setup was an enhanced risk for severe weather with the main focus being on strong winds, severe thunderstorms and some damaging hail with a 2% risk of tornadoes in North Carolina. Severe WX Warn storm chasers Corey Hoggard and Bethany Daniels left late Saturday afternoon with an eye […]
Today there were various thunderstorms across the state and some of those brought damaging winds. Numerous thunderstorm warnings were issued thought the state tonight as storms brought heavy downpours, hail and some damaging winds to the Carolina’s. In North Carolina in Forsyth County in the town of Lewisville there were some […]
A thunderstorm over the Croatan Sound today May 11, 2015 produced a waterspout that did some damage on Roanoke Island. The Spotter Reports on the Severe WX Warn Storm Tracker show that the waterspout damaged some trees in Manteo, NC. The video was taken by Garnette Guyton. Waterspouts are typically weak […]
Tornadoes moved through Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas yesterday afternoon into last night killing two people and leaving as many as ten people missing. In the small town of Van, Texas around 30% of the community was destroyed. Many of the tornadoes yesterday were rain wrapped and hard to track and […]
The date March 28, 1984 is a day that will stick out in the minds of many people who lived in North and South Carolina during the 80’s. This day marks one of the worst Tornado outbreaks in North and South Carolina’s history. There were a total of 24 tornadoes […]
Over the past few years there have been discussions about what states are and aren’t a part of Tornado Alley. Tornado Alley is made up of states in the midwest and consists of multiple states including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota. Another area that frequently […]