Pfizer is one of the largest employers in the county. The National Weather Service said the twister was an EF-3 tornado with winds of up to 150 mph. The Associated Press contributed.

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From 2019 to 2024, she identified a cluster of seven tornadoes within a 50-mile span in eastern North Carolina, as well as three more EF-1 tornadoes last week.

Path of Nash County tornado started west of Nashville, traveling northeast through Red Oak and Dortches, and then crossed I-95 north of US 64 ...