GLADESBORO, Va. – GLADESBORO, Va. - March 24, 2022 - 8:20 a.m.
10 News has been on the scene of storm damage in Gladesboro/Laurel Fork since 5:15 a.m. Thursday. People living inside a home that was damaged are safe, but they were inside at the time.
A neighbor, Carl Sowers, recalls what it was like during the height of the storm. He tells us, “They just almost got sucked out of the house. You can see by the damage. They slept upstairs. Dustin said he thought it was going to pull him out. But he was on top of his wife and his little girl. The main thing is we all made it through it.”
The National Weather Service in Blacksburg will conduct a survey on the storm to determine if it indeed was a tornado. Final results will come out at some point Thursday afternoon.
A storm in Carroll County produced wind damage, possibly by a tornado, Wednesday night.
10 News reached out to the National Weather Service in Blacksburg.
They tell us three different sources confirmed damage in the 1600 block of Gladesboro Rd. There are reportedly two homes destroyed, according to the forecaster we spoke to. There are no reports of injuries as of 11:25 p.m. Wednesday.
A tornado cannot be confirmed at the moment, but we’re told a storm survey may be conducted first thing in the morning Thursday. Radar briefly showed rotation between roughly 9:40 and 9:50 p.m. Wednesday (see top of the article).
More details will come as they become available.