# Kinda...freaky tornado warning (Central NC)

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**Created:** [May 9, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinda-freaky-tornado-warning-central-nc/448663 "2008-05-09T03:52:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Intravenus\_De\_Milo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Intravenus\_De\_Milo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intravenus_De_Milo)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinda-freaky-tornado-warning-central-nc/448663/1 "2008-05-09T03:52:33Z")

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Okay, so the Triad (Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point) area of North Carolina, just to the west of where I live, has been getting absolutely pounded by severe weather tonight. Lots of downed trees and power lines, reports of unroofed homes, and such. A warning came over my weather radio a couple of minutes ago (which BTW is a device that everyone should have) that made me do a double-take, so I went and looked it up on the National Weather Service’s website:

> [@NWS](#):
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> THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
> 
> - TORNADO WARNING FOR…  
> NORTHWESTERN ALAMANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA  
> NORTHEASTERN GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
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> - UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
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> - AT 1129 PM EDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES  
> NORTHWEST OF GREENSBORO…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 54 MPH.
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> - LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…  
> LAKE TOWNSEND…  
> MONTICELLO…  
> UNION RIDGE…  
> \*\*  
> CARS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BLOWN OFF THE ROAD ON INTERSTATE 40 NEAR  
> HIGHWAY 68 VERY CLOSE TO PIEDMONT TRIAD AIRPORT.\*\*

(bolding mine)

Wow. A car is probably one of the least safe places to be if a tornado is nearby…I can’t imagine being in a car on a major highway (with no easily accessible decent shelter) in the middle of a possibly tornado-producing storm _in the dark._

I hope those people, as well as the rest of you Central NC 'Dopers, make it through the night safely… ☹

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinda-freaky-tornado-warning-central-nc/448663/2 "2008-05-09T15:10:39Z")

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Wow. I heard about storms around here, but had no idea it was so intense up that way. Hope you’re safe.