EF1 tornado in New Hanover County, North Carolina

Tornado August 30, 2023 · New Hanover County, North Carolina

EF1

Rating

1.5 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 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 waterspout spawned by Tropical Storm Idalia came ashore and

became a tornado near Tidalwalk Drive and lifted near Country

Place Road in southern New Hanover County. An NWS Storm Survey

found numerous oak trees and pine trees snapped or uprooted

along the tornado`s path. A tree fell on a storage shed and

one home had a piece of aluminum cornice pulled away from the home.

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 Sea Breeze (34.0891, -77.8835).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Brunswick County EF0 Brunswick County EF0 Brunswick County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1131421. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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