From the archives: 3 tornadoes hit Forsyth on May 5, 1989
May 5, 1989.
Source: journalnow.com
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May 4, 2019 May 5, 1989. The first of the stormy night's three tornadoes touched down at 8:39 p.m. in Clemmons, moving northwest for half a mile. A second hit just minutes later near Poplar Street in Winston-Salem, cutting a swath of devastation more than 10 miles long through Ardmore, Buena Vista and Old Salem. A third tornado, this one at 8:45 p.m., virtually destroyed a hangar at Smith Reynolds airport and left planes scarred and scattered. It would be weeks â months or years for some â before anything seemed normal again. A Piedmont Aviation hangar at Smith Rey...