Tornado outbreak of March 28–29, 2010

The tornado outbreak of March 28–29, 2010 affected the Southeast United States and The Bahamas on March 28, 2010.

Tornado outbreak of March 28–29, 2010
TypeTornado outbreak
DurationMarch 28–29, 2010
Tornadoes
confirmed		13
Max. rating1EF3 tornado
Duration of
tornado outbreak2		~19 hours
Fatalities3 fatalities, 13 injuries
Damage>$15.5 million (2010 USD)[1]
1Most severe tornado damage; see Enhanced Fujita scale
2Time from first tornado to last tornado

A low pressure system pushed northward through the Ohio Valley on March 28. Several tornadoes were reported in the warm sector stretching from Virginia south to Florida. The Piedmont Triad was hardest hit. A tornado emergency was declared for parts of Forsyth, Randolph, Davidson, and Guilford counties.[2] Damage was also reported near Charlotte.[3] An EF3 tornado struck High Point, NC. An EF2 tornado hit Linwood in Davidson County, NC,[4][5] and two more EF2 tornadoes struck south-central South Carolina.

Confirmed tornadoes
Confirmed tornadoes by Enhanced Fujita rating
EFU EF0 EF1 EF2 EF3 EF4 EF5 Total
1 3 5 3 1 0 0 13

March 28
List of confirmed tornadoes – Sunday, March 28, 2010[note 1]
EF# Location County / Parish State Time (UTC) Path length Summary
EF0 Melbourne Brevard FL 23:00 2.4 mi (3.9 km) Several windows broken out of a residence by flying debris.[6]
EF1 NNW of Martinez McCormick SC 23:06 N/A Damage to trees in the Sumter National Forest and surrounding areas.[3]
EF1 Belmont Gaston NC 23:54 200 yd (0.18 km) Damage to a mill, one overturned tractor-trailer, and a mobile home park. One person was injured.[7]
EF1 Spencer Rowan NC 00:45 3.38 mi (5.44 km) Damage to a shopping center, a fast food restaurant, several cars, and several homes.[7]
EF2 Linwood Davidson NC 00:55 1 mi (1.6 km) Complete destruction of 3 mobile homes and significant damage to 2 others, one carport ripped off of a brick building, and damaged a metal building at an empty flea market. Five people were injured.[8][9]
EF1 NE of Thomasville Davidson NC 01:15 0.7 mi (1.1 km) 1 mobile home completely destroyed when it was thrown into a nearby lake (residents swam to safety), 5-6 mobile homes sustained significant damage from falling trees. Further damage to a carport and other nearby trees.[8]
EF3 High Point Guilford NC 01:30 5 mi (8.0 km) See secion on this tornado - Significant damage to a daycare facility "Apple Tree", wiped out Calloway Farms Trailer Park of Westover Drive, damaging or destroying over 600 homes and businesses. Three people were injured.[10]
EF0 SW of Cluster Springs Halifax VA 04:02 0.25 mi (0.40 km) One mobile home was destroyed and several homes damaged. One large cedar tree uprooted.[11]
EF0 SW of Cluster Springs Halifax VA 04:02 0.25 mi (0.40 km) One mobile home was destroyed and several homes damaged. One large cedar tree uprooted.[11]
EF2 ENE of Martinez Edgefield SC 04:24 N/A Damage to numerous trees and powerlines, 2 homes, a mobile home, and a motor home.[3]
EF2 N of Leesville Lexington SC 05:25 6 mi (9.7 km) Dissipated over Lake Murray.[3]
EF1 ESE of Timberlake Person NC 05:55 4 mi (6.4 km) Damage to 3 modular homes (1 from winds, 2 from falling trees), a barn, and trees.[12]

March 29
List of confirmed tornadoes – Monday, March 29, 2010[note 1]
EF# Location County / Parish State Time (UTC) Path length Summary
EF0 SSW of Winnsboro Fairfield SC 06:03 N/A Weak EF0 took down several trees.[3]
EF? Freeport Grand Bahama Bahamas 19:30 N/A See section on this tornado – Rare Bahaman tornado of unknown strength killed 3 when it toppled a crane in Freeport.[13]

High Point, North Carolina
High Point, North Carolina
EF3 tornado
Max. rating1EF3 tornado
Fatalities3 injuries
Damage$9.95 million (2010 USD)
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale

An EF3 tornado struck High Point, North Carolina, causing 3 injuries and destroying or damaging many structures. The tornado touched down as a 100-mph EF1 in southwest Guilford County, severely damaging a daycare center and flipping an unoccupied school bus. The tornado moved north across Highway 311 and gained intensity, becoming an EF2 that caused significant damage to structures in the area, including blowing a bedroom off of a single-story home.

It briefly reached EF3 in intensity when it entered a residential area, removing the second story off of a 2-story home and damaging or destroying 50-60 homes in the neighborhood. The tornado weakened to an EF2 and moved into a highly urbanized area, causing minor to moderate damage, and again removing the 2nd story off of a 2-story home.

The storm finally weakened to an EF1 and finally lifted just north of Oak Hollow Lake.[14][10]

This was the first EF3 tornado to strike the Piedmont Triad region since May 8, 2008, when an EF3 tornado struck Clemmons, just outside Winston-Salem. The tornado caused $9.95 million in property damage, destroying 40 homes and businesses and damaging another 609 structures.[15] The mayor of High Point declared a state of emergency.[16]

Freeport, Bahamas
Freeport, Bahamas
Max. rating1EF? tornado
Fatalities3 fatalities, 4 injuries
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale

A tornado of unknown strength hit the Freeport port, toppling a crane and killing 3 workers and injuring 4 more. Roofs were torn off of multiple buildings as well.[17] Concerns have been raised within the Bahamian government that there was no tornado warning issued by the Bahamas Department of Meteorology.[18]

See also

Notes
  1. All dates are based on the local time zone where the tornado touched down; however, all times are in Coordinated Universal Time for consistency.

References
  1. Storm Events Database March 28, 2010, NOAA
  2. National Weather Service Raleigh, North Carolina (2010-03-28). "KRAH - Tornado Warning 4 - Text Data - Update 4". Iowa Environmental Mesonet NWS Product Archive. National Weather Service. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  3. "Storm Prediction Center 20100328's Storm Reports". Spc.noaa.gov.
  5. "Text Products for PNS Issued by RAH". Forecast.weather.gov.
  6. "Brevard Tornado - March 28, 2010". Archived from the original on 2010-06-26.
  9. The NWS Report states "2 Injuries", but the text states that 5 were injured, but only 2 were transported to the hospital.
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-04-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-04-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-04-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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