EF1 Tornado — Jackson, North Carolina

2024-05-08 · near Glenville, Jackson, North Carolina

Event narrative

NWS storm survey found the path of a second EF1 tornado in Jackson County that touched down south of another tornado shortly before the earlier tornado ended. This brief tornado touched down in a wooded area just below Lake Glenville near Shoal Creek Mountain Road. The tornado crossed Shoal Creek Mountain Road twice where the road takes a sharp hairpin turn. The tornado reached peak intensity of in this area where numerous trees were uprooted or snapped with large branches also snapped off. The tornado crossed Highway 107 and moved northeast where it ascended Pilot Mountain, passing very close to the summit. A narrow and focused damage swath of downed trees was documented where the tornado crossed Big Pilot Mountain Road. The tornado descended Pilot Mountain into the Simms Valley community where a couple trees were uprooted and numerous large branches snapped. The tornado quickly turned to the north as it moved towards Trout Creek and dissipated as it merged with the broader area of rotation associated with the first tornado.

Wider weather episode

A couple of waves of strong to severe thunderstorms moved from east Tennessee into western North Carolina...one during the afternoon and evening of the 8th, and another during the early morning of the 9th. Scattered severe storms produced several EF1 tornadoes, large to very large hail, and isolated swaths of damaging winds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1186754. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.