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Storm Damage, Minor Injury Reported in Franklin County


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Storm Damage, Minor Injury Reported in Franklin County
Storm Damage, Minor Injury Reported in Franklin County

Storm damage and at least one minor injury were reported in Franklin County Wednesday evening.

Bricks were blown off a laundromat just outside Louisburg. A camper was also blown over, and a person inside the camper had minor injuries, WRAL's Beau Minnick reported from the scene.

The National Weather Service reported that numerous trees and power lines were down at Preacher Ball and Edward Best roads.

Strong thunderstorms Wednesday morning prompted the National Weather Service to issue severe thunderstorm warnings for counties in and around the Triangle. There was still a possibility of severe weather late in the day, according to WRAL Meteorologist Mike Maze.

RELATED TOPICS: Franklin County

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nomorenc needs to ride out to Hidden Lake in Youngsville (Franklin County) and tell us what he/she thinks then! One of the parade homes was 3.2 million. I love living in Franklin County!

Preacher's (golo wont let me use the last name)store is a store/laundromat/carwash all together in that order. It wasnt "just a few bricks" it was the entire wall of the last carwash bay. And it was cinder blocks by the way. You cant see it from the picture, but several huge oak trees were splintered as well. It was weird. just this small section of a few acres had obvious damage. Everywhere else it just looked like it rained. One or two miles down the road it was the same thing, just no injuries. Very spotty damage.

Yes, I know exactly where that's at...was in middle school at Edward Best...many, many Moons ago...

It hammered my area of Franklin County several times yesterday (around Hill Ridge Farms). We are happy to get the rain. BTW I am pretty happy with my little life here in Franklin County. Franklin County = God's Country LOL

acidburn & rebekah816, the damage occured a few miles off of Hwy 56 East between Edward Best & Justice communities. I'm not sure if you are familiar with the Preacher Ball store & Laundromat, but I believe those buildings suffered damage too. My uncle, a farmer, had some damage to his equipment in that area too.

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