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EF1 tornado in Jones County, North Carolina

Tornado April 22, 2023 · Jones County, North Carolina

EF1
Rating
0.6 mi
Path length
40 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 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 tornado first touched down at a residence near the junction of Country Lane and NC Highway 41 West. Several hardwood trees with diameters of 12 inches or more were snapped and uprooted behind the residence, along with some smaller softwood trees with diameters less than 12 inches in diameter. The tornado then crossed a field and did major damage to a metal storage structure. The structure was freestanding on a concrete slap and was attached to timbers in all four corners. Large metal siding was flung great distances in all directions, but especially to the northwest, the direction of the tornado path. A large piece as thrown through the plywood of a house under construction, and continued out the other side of the house through large garage doors

that were uninstalled. Many pieces of the metal framed structure were found at least 20 feet up in a large hardwood tree, and at least 100 yards in the open field to the northwest. The tornado then lifted near the junction of NC Highway 41 West and Chinquapin Chapel Road. The strongest winds were estimated around 90 mph.

The wider storm

Several weak brief tornadoes touched down during the evening hours as a cold front and trough of low pressure moved through Eastern NC.

Began near Phillips Xrds (35.0457, -77.4490).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Duplin CountyEF0 Onslow CountyEF0 Jones County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1093838. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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