1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:47 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A small tornado tracked about a mile across western and northern Burgaw, touching down just south of the prison at the State Highway barn, at Old Savannah Road, and at Ed Cowan Road, snapping trees and damaging 4 buildings on two residencial properties.
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