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weak F4, occurred along a 4-mile-long portion of the path extending northeast from where it crossed U.S. Highway 70, four miles east of Raleigh Airport. Numerous businesses along U.S. Highway 70 were destroyed, including a K-mart. The tornado destroyed a total of 426 residences and 78 businesses. It damaged 2,057 residences, leaving 978 people homeless. Four people were killed and 154 were injured; total damage was near $77.2 million. The track of the tornado was almost continuous for 83 miles. Outside of the above time period, NCEI also records an F2 tornado on November 2, 1966, that caused nine injuries and $250,000 in damage. November 2, 1966 – In the area east and south of Raleigh, two homes and five house trailers were destroyed, three trailers and six homes severely damaged, and minor damage to approximately twenty other homes and business buildings, with trees twisted off and power poles broken. April 25, 2010 – a storm produced a weak EF0 tornado near Zebulon in eastern Wake County. The tornado damaged buildings on its way east, where it caused minor damage to several businesses and vehicles in the Triangle East Center. The storm was responsible for $250,000 in property damage and $25,000 in crop damage. March 6, 2011 – a weak EF-0 tornado touched down just northeast of downtown Rolesville along NC Highway 401 (Main Street). The tornado tracked to the northeast for two miles, causing damage to trees, homes and other infrastructure, resulting in $100,000 in property damage. An elderly man was injured from the tornado due to a house fire. April 16, 2011 – A strong storm system produced nine tornadoes in the Raleigh CWA, including two EF3s and four EF2s. The tornadoes left eight dead with approximately 275 injuries. In Burt, an EF0 tornado entered southwest Wake County and tracked northeast, causing tree, roof and infrastructure damage. In total, 2,270 homes were damaged, including 67 homes that were destroyed and 184 homes that suffered major damage; additionally, 34 businesses were damaged. NCEI recorded four fatalities in a trailer park, 67 injuries and $115 million in property damage. April 15, 2018 - A strong upper low moved from Iowa across the Lower Great Lakes region, with a deep trough taking on a negative tilt while swinging into North Carolina. An associated strong cold front approached western North Carolina that afternoon and pushed east and east-northeast across central North Carolina on the night of the 15th. A strengthening and backing flow at all levels led to a surge of moisture into NC. Moderate instability, strong deep layer shear, and high low-level storm-relative helicity were also present. The result was a quasi-linear convective system with embedded mesovortices, which produced widespread severe weather, including a tornado in Greensboro, as it moved through North Carolina. May 13, 2019 - The tornado initially touched down just west of Rolesville Road near Tink's Place in eastern Wake County. The tornado initially produced widespread EF-1 damage with sporadic EF-2 damage noted on Weathers Road. Along the path to Weathers Road, numerous trees were either uprooted or snapped and mangled together, consistent with EF-1 damage. At Weathers Road, structural damage was noted as a single-family home had its exterior walls collapsed. Several metal farm buildings were also completely destroyed and strewn about a field. Sheet metal was wrapped around a nearby tree. An RV was flipped over numerous times landing crushed in an open field. In addition, another home had the windows blown out with roof damage. It was in this area that EF-2 damage was determined. The tornado continued tracking east and crossed Edgemont Road just north of HWY 264/64, then crossing HWY 264/64 where numerous trees were downed and snapped. Generally, EF-1 damage was noted here. The tornado then moved east into Zebulon along and near Highway 97 (West Gannon Avenue) where numerous trees snapped and uprooted. It continued east of Zebulon, crossing HWY 264/64 again, and going just north of the Five County Stadium. Generally, EF-0 and EF-1 damage was noted here.
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