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EF1 tornado in Rockingham County, North Carolina

Tornado May 6, 2022 · Rockingham County, North Carolina

EF1
Rating
7.9 mi
Path length
300 yd
Path width
$700K
Damage as recorded
$12K
Crop damage
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The EF-1 tornado touched down in a wooded area just southwest of Sunset View Road, and proceeded northeast producing discontinuous damage along it's path. The tornado dissipated and lifted near the intersection of Crutchfield Road and U.S Highway 29 Business. The majority of direct damage consisted of numerous mature trees either snapped or uprooted, although several homes sustained significant damage due to trees falling on them. One barn sustained minor damage due to roofing material being blown off by the storm.

The wider storm

Several rounds of severe storms developed in advance of a cold front. Multicellular clusters and supercells were the primary storm modes during this event which contributed to damaging winds, large hail, and one tornado. CAPE values were 1,000 to 2,500 j/kg with helicity values near 300 m2/s2.

Began near Bakers Xrds (36.3646, -79.7966).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1023656. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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