Record #:

4165

Author(s):

Renfer, Betty Dishong

Abstract:

Tornadoes are winds violently rotating in a dark column at speeds up to 300 mph. In 1889, a tornado killed fifty-five people near Rockingham. A powerful one hit Greensboro in 1936. Two tornadoes - the Forsyth County tornado of May 1989 and the Stoneville tornado of March 1998 - are profiled.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 38 Issue 2, Spring 1999, p28-31, il

Subject(s):

Tornadoes--Forsyth County; Tornadoes--Stoneville