A Flood Warning continues until 3:45pm this afternoon for the Haw River at Haw River in Alamance County (east of Guilford County). Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunny and breezy…High 68
The storms that ripped through Davidson County and High Point on Sunday night created at least three tornadoes and destroyed dozens of homes but not one loss of life was reported. On Monday, the National Weather Service confirmed that an EF3 tornado with winds reaching 138 mph did touched down near the intersection of Old Mill Road and Johnson Street in High Point. Weather officials also confirming an EF2 strength tornado with winds of up to 120 miles an hour hit the community of Linwood (south of Lexington) and an EF1 tornado touched down near Thomasville. Yesterday afternoon, High Point Mayor Becky Smother declared a state of emergency for parts of northern High Point affected by the storms.
(Fox 8, WXII 12, The Dispatch, The HP Enterprise)
Where were you Sunday evening when strong storms started hitting the Triad?
Myra in Lexington said…"We live (less than 10 miles) from Linwood, but my family was in High Point. We had to take shelter at a Harris Teeter before being able to get to a friends house. They had many trees fall but were grateful that not one of them hit their house."
Kristal near Midway said…"She was at church working with kids in Awana we they found out about the first storm and tried to keep the kids safe. We moved all the ones who were upstairs down into one of the gym classrooms. Many of the parents came in and kept us up to date. And at the first sign that anyone was getting anxious, one of the workers (April) took all of us who were in the lobby of the FLC and we joined hands while she prayed. It was priceless!!
Follow the track of Sunday’s storms in the Triad:
http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-html-page-storms-hit-piedmont-100329,0,6613520.htmlpage
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED FLOOD WARNINGS FROM MAINE TO NEW JERSEY. The slow moving storm system could dump up to six inches of rain in the northeast over the next three days.
TODAY IS A DAY OF MOURNING IN RUSSIA FOR THE LOSS OF 39 LIVES IN YESTERDAYS DUAL BOMBINGS ON THE MOSCOW SUBWAY. Seventy people were injured. The attack was the deadliest in the city in six years.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED NASA SCIENTISTS TO HELP DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED TOYOTAS SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEMS THAT LED TO MASSIVE RECALLS. The Detroit Free Press reports NASA scientists with expertise in electronics will examine how Toyota's electronic controls could be affected by electromagnetic radiation, software faults and cosmic rays. The move comes as federal auto safety officials have found no electronic faults in Toyota vehicles. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/29/toyota-recall-nasa-to-inv_n_517999.html
Federal prosecutors have charged nine people belonging to a "Christian warrior" militia accused on Monday of plotting to kill a Michigan law enforcement officer and then attack other police officers at the funeral. Eight of nine in custody; one is a fugitive.
Pop rapper MC Hammer is 47 years old today
BTW: MC Hammer’s first claim to fame was batboy for the Oakland A’s
Tomorrow is the deadline… Harris Teeter is once again offering schools to win cash. Harris Teeter is challenging all participating Together in Education schools to hum, strum, march, sing, and vote their way toward a $12,500 dollar cash prize by creating their rendition of the “my harris teeter” jingle during the Harris Teeter ‘Sing My Jingle’ contest. Schools can submitt their Jingle entries through March 31, 2009. BTW: Last year Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point won big for its ‘Jingle’ video. For complete rules and details, visit harristeeter.com.
Jingle entries uploaded on www.jingle.harristeeter.com will be judged by both a panel of Harris Teeter judges and the general public. The winning school selected by the panel of Harris Teeter judges will receive a $10,000 cash prize. Additional cash prizes will be awarded.
SPORTS: NASCAR: Denny Hamlin pouring it on at the end of yesterday's race with a win at Martinsville
Men’s N-I-T Semi-Finals at Madison Square Garden: Tonight: UNC vs Rhode Island (9pm)
http://www.nit.org/sports/m-nit/spec-rel/10-interactive-bracket.html
Longtime men's basketball and golf coach at Guilford College, Jack Jensen, has died. Jensen was inducted into the N-A-I-A Hall of Fame back in 1990. Jensen is survived by his wife and two adult children. He was 71. Funeral arrangements are pending. http://www.wxii12.com/sports/22987816/detail.html
