National Weather Service confirms weekend tornado in Wayne County

RALEIGH (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed that a weak tornado with winds estimated at 75 mph touched down in Wayne County on Saturday and damaged several mobile homes.

No injuries were reported.

A public information statement issued by the weather service said a brief EF-0 tornado touched down 2 miles northeast of Raynor Town in Wayne County. The storm initially blew in a garage door on a brick house and ripped the roof off a mobile home.

Three people were inside the mobile home at the time and they were not hurt.

The weather service said the tornado then lifted and touched down again in a field. A mobile home that was not tied down rolled approximately 20 yards into another mobile home, and a fourth mobile home was partially blown off of its foundation.

The state described the path of the storm as very narrow, and that it extended for several hundred yards.

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