CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A survey team from the National Weather Service confirms that a tornado has struck near Durham.
The team confirmed Friday that an EF-1 tornado hit on Thursday about three miles southwest of Durham.
The report showed the storm lasted three minutes, with a maximum wind speed of 90 mph. It was 150 yards wide and was on the ground for slightly less than a mile.
There were no injuries.
According to the weather service, dozens of trees were either snapped or uprooted. Approximately 40 homes suffered some sort of damage, mostly from falling trees and debris.
The tornado was part of a series of storms that moved across North Carolina on Thursday, dropping as much as 6 inches of rain in some areas. Flooding was reported in a number of areas.
Thousands of people from Charlotte to Raleigh lost power, but no major damage was reported.
The National Weather Service confirmed a weak tornado touched down in south Charlotte around 6:45 a.m. Thursday.
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