Turnato
A tornado warning was issued for cumberland county just.
Turnato. Also known as twisters tornadoes are born in. Fayetteville nc is a high risk area for tornados. Tornado risk is calculated from the destruction path that has occured within 30 miles of the location. The tornado touched down 5 miles northeast of silver city just south of plank road in the east central portion of the county at 3 58 p m.
Tornado information for raeford north carolina raeford nc is a moderate risk area for tornados. A tornado is a rapidly rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a cumulus cloud. Their winds may top 250 miles an hour and can clear a pathway a mile wide and 50 miles long. The national weather service said the tornado made landfall between 3 56 p m.
Tornadoes are vertical funnels of rapidly spinning air. At its peak officials believed winds reached up to 100 mph and traveled a fifth of a mile.