EF1 tornado in Yancey County, North Carolina

NWS storm survey found the path of a rare EF1 tornado that touched down near Highway 19W in the far northern part of Yancey County, a couple of miles from the Tennessee border. The tornado tracked east/southeast, crossing Highway 19 a couple of times, before crossing Huntdale Rd and Horton Hill Rd. The last area of damage found was in the area around Horton Hill Rd and North Bee Branch Rd. Damage was limited to multiple uprooted trees and snapped limbs. This was only the third confirmed tornado to have impacted Yancey County, with the last having occurred on 6 June 1977.

Numerous thunderstorms and storm clusters moved across western North Carolina throughout the afternoon. Many of these storms produced severe weather, mainly in the form of damaging wind gusts, some of which were fairly long-lived. A couple of weak tornadoes also developed in the Piedmont, including a long-track EF1.