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EF0 tornado in Nash County, North Carolina

Tornado August 8, 2024 · Nash County, North Carolina

EF0
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

An EF-0 tornado, with wind speeds of 85 mph, briefly touched down in a field near the intersection of Cooper Rd and W Hilliardson Rd, near the Hilliardson community of Nash County. Several hardwood trees were uprooted. A tornado debris signature was noted

on radar at the 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 Hillirdston (36.1000, -77.9400).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Wilson County 1 deadEF2 Pender CountyEF1 Franklin CountyEF1 Franklin CountyEF0 Franklin CountyEF0 Edgecombe County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1208469. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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