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The Skyland Post
West Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina
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A minor cyclone struck Jeffersons and sections of the county on Monday night, damaging Ed Woodie's home porch, downing trees, affecting corn fields, and bringing hail and heavy rain with no severe damage reported.
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A little cyclone struck the Jeffersons and most sections of the county Monday night, took off the front porch from Ed Woodie's home here, blew down large trees and caused right much damage to corn fields.
The cloud rose quickly and without much warning, and lasted for about an hour. The twisting, high winds also brought a heavy downpour of rain.
Ex-sheriff Joe Hampton reported that the storm was pretty bad in his community, but that no severe damage was done.
Hail fell in some parts of this section and did a little damage.
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The County
Event Date
Monday Night
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took off the front porch from ed woodie's home, blew down large trees, caused damage to corn fields, hail fell and did a little damage, no severe damage
Event Details
A little cyclone struck the Jeffersons and most sections of the county, rose quickly without much warning, lasted about an hour, twisting high winds brought heavy downpour of rain, storm pretty bad in Joe Hampton's community