BERTIE COUNTY, NC -- Much of northeastern North Carolina was under a tornado watch and warning Friday morning.

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Dare County officials told WVEC.com they had no damage, but they were keeping track since the county was under a tornado warning until 11:15 a.m.

In Elizabeth City, several trees were blown over and a home was moved off its foundation on Crystal Lakes Drive. A fence was damaged as well.

There were no reports of injuries.

Roger McDaniel of Bertie Co. called 13News to report seeing two tornadoes this morning.

“It was 8:30 a.m., 8:45 a.m., they didn’t appear to be too strong. One came to treetop level.  They tore down some trees and vacant structures and I think they did some damage to chicken houses.”

The National Weather Service in Wakefield issued a severe thunderstorm warning for central Camden Co., Central Currituck Co. and Central Pasquotank Co. that expired at 10:15 a.m.

Elizabeth City-Pasquotank County Schools were delayed for several hours Friday due to the severe weather.

Members of the National Weather Service are surveying damage in the Bertie County area.

So far, they’re finding barns on Harrell’s Road damaged and a barn that’s been destroyed no Glover’s Crossroad.

Trees are down on Route 45, just south of the Hertford Co./Bertie Co. line.

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A highway department worker took this picture of the storm approaching Colerain.

A North Carolina Department of Transportation crew was working on a back road in Colerain, near the Hertford Co/Bertie Co. line when they saw what looked like a tornado approaching.

They took cover in their truck and one of the workers snapped a picture of the storm with his cell phone camera.

Christy Saunders, a county spokeswoman, told 13news there was a report of a possible lightning strike in Camden County and it was raining in the northern part of the area.

"We want everyone to take the warning seriously and take the necessary precautions," she stressed.

Things werer much worse in other parts of the Tar Heel State.

One person was killed in a small truck that overturned in a parking lot west of Greensboro, said Guilford County emergency services director Alan Perdue. He said three others were injured, one when the storm knocked down a wall at a distributing business, and that authorities were looking for any others in an industrial park on the edge of town.

Michelle Brock, assistant coordinator for Forsyth County emergency management, said several homes in the Clemmons area, just west of Winston-Salem, were heavily damaged and a number of downed trees were causing problems. She said firefighters rescued five people because of flooding in Winston-Salem and that high water had displaced about 10 people.

Davie County Manager Terry Bralley said four or five homes were severely damaged by the storm but no one was badly injured.

"We were lucky," Bralley said.

Earlier in the day, an apparent tornado also wrecked a shopping area in Mississippi and strong winds flipped a mobile home in Alabama. In south-central Tennessee, at least four homes and a few barns were damaged.

The storm left numerous trees and power lines down, some on top of homes.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol said the storm blew several tractor-trailers off Interstate 40 but could not confirm the number.

Storms also ripped through Virginia late Thursday and early Friday, damaging homes and threatening to flood some areas.

Between 50 to 60 homes in northeastern Virginia were damaged, Stafford Fire and Rescue spokesman Lt. Mark Stone told The Free Lance-Star of Fredericksburg. Dozens of residents were taken to a temporary shelter at a middle school.

Portions of northern and central Virginia and southern Maryland were under a flood warning Friday morning.

Associated Press contributed to this report.