EF2 Tornado — Anson, North Carolina

2022-03-31 · near Burnsville, Anson, North Carolina

Event narrative

A tornado touched down approximately one mile southeast of Burnsville in Anson County and tore a tin roof off of an agriculture out building. The tornado continued on a path to the northeast and and damaged or destroyed several chicken barns and remained on the ground most of the time until moving into southern Stanly County. Additional damage occurred 1.5 miles east-northeast of Burnsville, in Anson County. At approximately 12:27 PM EST damage there consisted of a brick home that was shifted off of its foundation, several exterior walls that were blown out, and more than half of the roof was removed. Damage at this location was rated an EF-2 with wind speeds of 120 mph.

Wider weather episode

A pre-frontal band of showers and isolated thunderstorms moved into a marginally unstable but highly sheared environment leading to a couple of tornadoes, namely in Anson into Stanly counties and just west of the Raleigh Durham International Airport from Research Triangle Park into southeast Durham County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1017431. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.