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NWUS52 KGSP 060748
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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
348 AM EDT Thu Jun 6 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1223 AM     Tornado          5 SSW Tuckasegee        35.21N 83.15W
05/09/2024                   Jackson            NC   NWS Storm Survey

            This brief tornado touched down in a wooded
            area just below Lake Glenville near Shoal
            Creek Mountain Road. The tornado crossed
            Shoal Creek Mountain Road twice where the
            road takes a sharp hairpin turn. The tornado
            reached peak intensity of 105mph in this
            area where numerous trees were uprooted or
            snapped with large branches also snapped
            off. The tornado crossed Highway 107 and
            moved northeast where it ascended Pilot
            Mountain, passing very close to the summit.
            A narrow and focused swath of downed trees
            was documented where the tornado crossed Big
            Pilot Mountain Road. The tornado descended
            Pilot Mountain and into the Simms Valley
            community where a couple trees were uprooted
            and numerous large branches snapped. This
            tornado occurred at the same time as the
            main tornado (Glenville Tornado #1) was
            passing through the Trout Creek area. This
            tornado (Glenville Tornado #2) quickly
            turned to the north as it moved towards
            Trout Creek and dissipated as it merged with
            the broader area of rotation associated with
            the main tornado (Glenville Tornado #1). NWS
            Greenville-Spartanburg would like to thank
            Jackson County Emergency Management for
            providing drone imagery of the damage path
            and residents of the Simms Valley community
            who provided additional damage pictures that
            helped determine the presence of a second
            concurrent tornado that crossed over Pilot
            Mountain.


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