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EF0 tornado in Columbus County, North Carolina

Tornado May 14, 2024 · Columbus County, North Carolina

EF0
Rating
2.2 mi
Path length
40 yd
Path width
$20K
Damage as recorded
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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 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

A tornado touched down on the southwest corner of the

intersection of Old Lumberton Rd and Red Store Rd, and was

captured on video crossing Old Lumberton Rd. A few outbuildings

sustained moderate damage, including a blown in garage door and

partial loss of roof panels. A few shingles were torn off the

residence, and several large limbs were broken out of a hardwood

tree. The tornado moved northeast, blew the side off an open-faced

metal garage, and ripped several shingles from a home on the east

side of Red Store Rd. Several large limbs were broken from pine

trees on the east side of Red Store Rd. The tornado continued

northeast, uprooted a couple of large trees as it crossed Mount

Olive Rd, and snapped a large pine tree and broke large limbs out

as it crossed Research Dr. The tornado weakened as it approached

Bill Hooks Rd, breaking out a few small limbs from trees before

lifting.

The wider storm

Some low-topped supercells occurred in association with an upper level disturbance in an environment with minimal instability but pretty strong wind shear.

Began near Evergreen (34.4097, -78.8018).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1173574. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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