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3 unusual facts about 1998 Gainesville–Stoneville tornado outbreak


1998 Gainesville–Stoneville tornado outbreak

Moving into a warmer environment where CAPE values were high (over 1000 j/kg), the line of storms evolved into several supercells, including two particularly prolific storms that moved across central and northern North Carolina from Charlotte to the Virginia border.

It heavily damaged Lanier Elementary School and unroofed North Hall High School, while damaging or destroying several businesses.

Touching down at around 6:25 AM EST in northwestern Hall County, this powerful pre-dawn F3 tornado traveled into southern White County, leaving a 13-mile long damage path through rural areas outside of Gainesville, Georgia, before dissipating at around 6:40 EST.



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