EF0 tornado in Franklin County, North Carolina

Tornado August 8, 2024 · Franklin County, North Carolina

EF0

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$15K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 briefly touched down at the Rocky Ford Community of Franklin County, NC. Several softwood trees were snapped and uprooted, and one utility pool was snapped. A well-defined tornado debris signature was noted on radar at the noted time.

The wider storm

Tropical Depression Debby slowly made its way through Florida, off the South Carolina coast, then back inland through the western Piedmont of North Carolina during the evening hours of 8 August 2024. Ahead of the storm, numerous feeder bands brought periods of heavy rain to central North Carolina, resulting in widespread 4-6 inch rainfall amounts across the western Piedmont, with higher amounts to the east. In addition, numerous tornadoes occurred with this event, with one on 7 August and an additional 6 on 8 August including a rare EF-3 tropical cyclone tornado.

Began near Rocky Ford (36.2000, -78.3300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Wilson County 1 dead EF2 Pender County EF1 Franklin County EF1 Franklin County EF0 Edgecombe County EF0 Nash County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1208464. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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