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EF0 tornado in Robeson County, North Carolina

Tornado May 14, 2024 · Robeson County, North Carolina

EF0
Rating
5.2 mi
Path length
40 yd
Path width
$10K
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

The tornado originated on the west side of Townsends Chapel Rd

just north of Denae Drive, where it uprooted a few oak trees,

caused minor shingle loss on a home, and scattered loose building

debris across a field. It then tracked northeastward and uprooted

additional oak trees and caused minor shingle damage to another

home along Townsends Chapel Road.

The tornado crossed Buie-Philadelphus Road with several more oak

and pine trees uprooted or snapped. It seems the tornado may have

briefly lifted when crossing Daniel McLeod Rd and came back down

near Katie Buie Road, where several oak and pine trees were

uprooted or snapped. In addition, a home on Katie Buie Road

sustained minor shingle damage and damage to cosmetic columns.

Only minor tree damage was observed along Sandstone Drive,

suggesting the tornado may have lifted again as it traveled across

the road and tracked northeastward across NC-211.

Another uprooted pine tree and large limb were found down along

Luke Road northeast of its intersection with Lewis McNeill Road

and only minor tree damage was observed along Mt. Tabor Road as

well. The tornado appears to have strengthened while curving

northwestward as several chicken coops had significant steel roof

panel loss while an open-ended tractor shelter mostly collapsed at

the end of Dixie Drive. The tornado dissipated north of Dixie

Drive.

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 Buie (34.7298, -79.1544).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Columbus CountyEF0 Columbus CountyEF0 Robeson CountyEF0 Robeson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1173576. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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