Tornado in Shelby Saturday, April 9 2011

A weak f0 hit just north of Shelby along and west of highway 18, and just north of the 180 intersection. Fortunately no one was seriously injured. The hook echo was seen early on and my readers were notified via FB quickly to take cover. This part of Cleveland County is no stranger to tornadoes, and in fact upper Cleveland County leads the state of North Carolina in confirmed twisters and radar-indicated tornadoes.