EF0 tornado in Brunswick County, North Carolina

Tornado August 30, 2023 · Brunswick County, North Carolina

EF0

Rating

0.4 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

$2K

Crop damage

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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

An EF-0 tornado crossed Saint James Plantation from the east end

of Players Club Drive to near the easternmost intersection of

Millwright Circle. Numerous branches were broken out of pine and

oak trees along its path. The most significant tree damage

occurred near the intersection of Players Club Drive with Golf

Cottage Drive.

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 Long Beach Arpt (33.9432, -78.0771).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Brunswick County EF1 New Hanover County EF0 Brunswick County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1131423. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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