EF1 tornado in Brunswick County, North Carolina

Tornado August 30, 2023 · Brunswick County, North Carolina

EF1

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

40 yd

Path width

$2K

Crop damage

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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

A tornado developed near a property near Clarendon Plantation Road, downing

a couple trees initially. It tracked northward and snapped numerous trees and large limbs, including a mix of oak and pine trees. The tornado brought down additional limbs near a set of power lines and ended with several more snapped oak and pine trees just north of the power lines.

The wider storm

Tropical Storm Idalia moved northeast across southeast North Carolina bringing flooding from heavy rain and storm surge, a few tropical storm force wind gusts and tornadoes late August 30 into August 31. Previously the storm was a Category 4 hurricane. weakening to Category 3 as it made landfall near Perry, Florida. Locally all sustained tropical storm force winds remained offshore.

Began near Easy Hill (34.1408, -77.9647).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 New Hanover County EF0 Brunswick County EF0 Brunswick County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1131419. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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