Sunday at 6:06 p.m., WIZS received a tornado warning for Vance County from the National Weather Service. At one point, the radar-indicated tornado was forecast to pass very near downtown Henderson.
On Monday, Brian Short, director of Henderson-Vance County Emergency Operations, told WIZS News that there was no confirmed touchdown of a tornado or any damage reported. According to Short, callers to the 911 center indicated the tornado passed north of town and was seen along mile markers 214 and 215, off I-85.
A video of the tornado, captured on cell phone, has been posted to Facebook and can be viewed on WIZS’ Facebook page.