Brian Shrader reacts to damage from Nash County tornado

Brian Shrader is in Sky 5 over Nash County surveying the damage left behind by the tornado.
Posted 7/19/2023, 6:48:00 PM Updated 7/20/2023, 12:58:06 PM

CLEANING UP. BOY, IT'S STILL

A MASK ON I-NINETY-FIVE WRAL'S.

BRIAN SHRADER BACK WITH US NOW

IN SKY 5 LIVE ABOVE SOME OF THE

DAMAGE THERE. WOW. BRIAN, TELL

US WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

>> WE'RE LOOKING AT DAMAGE TO

HOPES THIS IS JUST OFF OF

TORCHES BOULEVARD WHICH IS

HIGHWAY 43 OF THE GORGEOUS

AREA. WE'RE JUST TO THE EAST

OF I-95. YOU CAN SEE

SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, THESE

HOUSES AND FROM SKY 5, I SEE

DOZENS, HUNDREDS OF TREES, BABY

THAT ARE DOWN OUR STAFF TO 2 AT

THIS AREA. AND YOU CAN EVEN

SEE IT. SOME OF THE FIELD.

WE'RE AT THE GROUND HAS SCOURED

THIS AS MIKE BASS PENSION.

THIS KIND OF DAMAGE TO SEE IF

THIS AREA FROM A TORNADO IS

VERY UNUSUAL IN A TIME OF YEAR.

BUT ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE

MIDDLE OF SUMMER IS JUST.

WE JUST DON'T SEE DAMAGE LIKE

THIS IN NORTH CAROLINA. YOU CAN

SEE WITH THOSE TREES ARE

SNAPPED IT TO THIS IS NOT FAR

FROM ROCKY MOUNT TO MEMORIAL

CEMETERY JUST OFF OF 43 AND THE

DORTCHES AREA NOT TOO FAR FROM

HALIFAX ROAD THAT THE GIVES YOU

SOME IDEA OF EXACTLY WHERE WE

ARE. A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THE

ROOFS OF THESE HOMES. YOU CAN

SEE DEBRIS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT

THE ART. WE'RE NOT SAYING A

TREMENDOUS EMERGENCY RESPONSE

OUT HERE. IT'S SOME AREAS, YOU

CAN SIU EDITING AND WILSON.

OUR PHOTOGRAPHER, THERE'S A

MOBILE HOME PARK JUST UNDER

THE. THE HELICOPTER HERE.

WERE YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THOSE

HOMES OFF OF ITS FOUNDATION

AND THAT YOU COULD SEE THE

DAMAGE SPRAYED ACROSS THE SIDE

OF THE YARD THERE RIGHT THERE.

RIGHT TO THE LEFT. YOU CAN SEE

THAT DAMAGE THIS IS A FRIEND OF

THE OTHER SIDE OF HALIFAX ROAD.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE WIND

THAT CAME THROUGH THEIR FLAT.

HE'S A

THEY'RE TO TOWARD THE NORTH AND

EAST. YOU CAN ALSO SEE AND IF

YOU CAN ZOOM OUT JUST A LITTLE

BIT OVER TO THE LEFT.

WE'RE AT THE GROUND THAT FIELD

THERE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE

GROUND IS KIND OF SCOURED FROM

THE PAST THAT THAT TORNADO.

HE'S DOWN IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

THERE. THIS CAME RIGHT ACROSS.

I-95 AND THEN RIGHT OVER TOWARD

DORTCHES BOULEVARD. WHERE DID

THIS DAMAGE IS A CONTINUED ON