85-mph tornado touched down in Charlotte, National Weather Service confirms

An 85-mph tornado peeled sheet metal from a large industrial building and snapped trees in north Charlotte during severe storms that raced through the region Monday, a National Weather Service team confirmed.

The EF-0 tornado touched down at 9:39 a.m. along North Graham Street near the intersection with Moretz Avenue, “where several small trees were snapped,” according to an NWS public information statement.

EF-0 is the weakest of six classifications on the NWS Enhanced Fujita Scale for tornado intensity and damage…

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