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EF0 tornado in Brunswick County, North Carolina

Tornado September 30, 2022 · Brunswick County, North Carolina

EF0
Rating
0.7 mi
Path length
20 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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 tornado developed in the vicinity of Ocean

Blvd W just east of Highpoint St. It primarily impacted a small

community situated along canals just north of Ocean Blvd W

between Highpoint St and Greensboro St where it was observed by

several residents. The tornado caused minor siding and roof damage

in this area. It also lifted a large porch off its foundation on

one home. Overall there were approximately a dozen homes impacted.

The tornado likely dissipated across a marshy area just west of

Greensboro St.

The wider storm

Hurricane Ian made landfall along the west coast of Florida on September 28, 2022, then moved across the Florida peninsula and exited off the east coast of Florida on September 29, 2022. Ian then moved north and made a second landfall near Georgetown, SC on September 30, 2022. Ian resulted in a variety of impacts across southeast North Carolina from strong winds to storm surge and an isolated tornado.

Began near Holden Beach (33.9128, -78.2882).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1057084. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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