Eastern North Carolina
11 additional tornadoes were subsequently reported in Eastern North Carolina, between 7:00 P.M. and 10:30 P.M. F3 damage was recorded at Salemburg, east of Fayetteville, and F4 damage was noted at Mount Olive, NC and in the Greenville, NC area. 3 deaths and 149 injuries occurred in Mount Olive, where the downtown and portions of the Mount Olive College campus sustained severe damage. Another 16 deaths and 153 injuries were caused by the Greenville tornado, which swept through the south and southeast sections of town (along with portions of the East Carolina University campus) after producing severe damage in Greene County, Winterville and Ayden. The outbreak ended just south of the Chesapeake, VA area with additional strong tornadoes striking Ahoskie and Gates County in North Carolina; straight-line wind damage continued along a path into Chesapeake.
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