Tornado Warning for Johnston County

Issued at: 9:39 AM EST 11/16/06, expires at: 10:30 AM EST 11/16/06

The NWS in raleigh has issued a

tornado warning for: eastern johnston county in central north carolina
Until 1030 am est
At 938 am est, national weather service doppler radar indicated a tornado 20 miles south of four oaks, or about 13 miles northwest of clinton, moving north at 55 mph.
The tornado will be near, four oaks around 955 am, smithfield around 1000 am, selma and pine level around 1005 am, micro and flowers around 1010 am, emit and linwood around 1020 am,
The safest place to be during a tornado is on the lowest floor of the building in a small room such as a closet or bathroom or in an interior hallway. Use blankets or pillows to protect your body from flying debris. Stay away from windows and exterior walls.
A tornado watch also remains in effect until 300 pm Thursday afternoon for central north carolina.
Lat, lon 3531 7852 3571 7838 3575 7835 3581 7826 3574 7824 3571 7820 3571 7817 3558 7814 3533 7825 3526 7836 3525 7847

 

This is the same storm that just dumped 2 feet of snow on us. Hopefully no tornados for all of you.

 

Thanks for the post. Awful windy over here.

 

Parts of the state are a mess. Nine people killed in one area, 15 hurt in another, one critically.

 

Sad but so true.
The m-home is a magnet for tornados!
Why? Someone do a study on this!

 

When I was living in FL, most of the mobile homes were destroyed by tornado/hurricane, mainly because they are lightweight and not attached to the ground sturdy enough. Even though, most of them are anchored to the ground doesn't mean it won't fly away. The roof and sides can be easily "peeled" off by winds.

Click the link below for an interesting article about mobile homes present special problems with tornadoes:
http://weathereye.kgan.com/expert/tornadoes/mobile_home.html

 

I used to be in a Rock-A-Billy band and one of our original songs was Twister Lookin' For A Trailer Park. I think the front man still does that song but it's under a new name for the band. The band's name is now Motorbilly and they are more in the punk genre.

 

2 ft?!?! Perfect for snowmobiles! Man....I miss that this time of year.

YEAH, BABY!

 

And you can hear the song HERE

(I'll have to wait until I get home tonight to hear it myself)

 

THAT'S IT!!

Good find.

We used to do a couple of other one's on there as well. BBB-Beer, Nitro Burnin' Funny Car of Love and Mr. MF. Of course, they are a bit more "beefed up" from the way we used to play them.

 

I know this is ugly but seeing the people on TV describing the tornado and making the sounds is just too funny.