Date: May 6, 1999
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: Davidson County
Camera: Minolta 35mm
Warnings: None
Rating: S0 (Damage survey in Davidson county)

A severe weather outbreak very similiar to the January 17 event swept through the mid-state last night as a squall line barrelled into the area. As it moved through Davidson county, local dopplar radars began picking up rotation along a wind shear boundary in the storm. A tornado was reported on the ground just west of downtown when the Tornado Warning was issued. The wind was very fierce as the storm moved over our house with wind gusts near 60 or 70 mph! This severe weather was a continuation of a three day tornado outbreak. Two days ago, an F5 tornado hit suburbs of Oklahoma City. Thousands of homes were leveled, and 44 people were killed. Winds inside the tornado were measured at 318 MPH, the fastest wind speed ever recorded on Earth!!
This morning we surveyed damage areas in Davidson County. My first thoughts were that the damage was caused by straight-line winds, but on looking at the damage, it appears that there were several small, short-lived tornadoes that swirled up along the wind shear boundary in the squall line.