Vance, Granville tornado classified as EF-2

Damage was also reported in Dabney in Granville County near Huntsboro Road and Harold Oberlin Road after a possible tornado hit the area. If, indeed a tornado strikes, winds would be significantly higher. Anaya said she did not know when the curfew would be lifted.

The midstate was hit with record-setting rainfall and possibly a tornado on Wednesday evening, according to the National Weather Service in State College.

Tornado warning updates will be posted on Twitter.

Each day the National Weather Service conducts two weather balloon launches to monitor the atmospheric pressure.

Electric companies say that power outages have climbed above 115,000 in the Carolinas while storms rumble through. The National Weather Service states that “the combination of a saturated ground, periods of moderate to heavy rain, and strong winds may down numerous trees and power lines”.

The weather service cautioned that all the field reports are preliminary and subject to further review before becoming official storm records.

A storm system that’s killed at least three people in Louisiana and MS is expected to bring severe weather to SC.

In Wayne County, field observers confirmed an EF0 tornado in the early afternoon southwest of Seven Springs.

Workers who answered the phone at the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office and the Waverly Fire Department said all first responders were out and nobody was available to provide information.

A new series of tornado warnings has been issued as a band of severe weather approaches the Research Triangle area of North Carolina.

The ratings are based on the worst damage found, but doesn’t mean the tornado was at that strength along the whole track.

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Meteorologist Mike Rusnak stressed that a tornado had not been confirmed.

In southeastern Fluvanna County, a tornado of minimal strength, rated EF0, blazed a path of about 4.5 miles from 4:10 to 4:20 p.m. Wednesday. The larger metro areas at risk included Richmond, Virginia and Raleigh, North Carolina. Winds are expected to reach 25 miles per hour with gusts as strong as 39 miles per hour today as a chance of severe thunderstorms persists.