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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Sep 5, 2019, 07:43 PM Sep 2019

Hurricane Dorian is spawning tornadoes in Carolinas

At least 20 tornadoes have been reported in South Carolina and North Carolina over the past day as Hurricane Dorian approached, adding another layer of worrisome weather to nervous residents along both coasts.

Nils Regnell said a tornado spotted in Little River, South Carolina, on Thursday sounded like a train was running right past his home for about three minutes as the twister blitzed by. The tornado snapped oak trees, ripped off roofing and even lifted a car, leaving it five houses down the street atop a utility box right next door to Regnell.

Several other tornadoes were also reported in Onslow County, North Carolina.

Tornadoes like the ones that hit the Carolinas on Thursday aren't an uncommon sight during hurricanes: Almost all hurricanes and tropical storms that make landfall in the United States spawn at least one tornado, provided enough of the storm's circulation moves over land, according to NOAA,

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hurricane-dorian-is-spawning-tornadoes-in-carolinas/ar-AAGRmh3?li=BBnb7Kz

Keep the Sharpies and the map of the Carolinas away from Trump.

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Hurricane Dorian is spawning tornadoes in Carolinas (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2019 OP
We have relatives living in Onslow County. Sinistrous Sep 2019 #1
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