EF0 Tornado — Bladen, North Carolina

2024-09-27 · near White Lake, Bladen, North Carolina

Event narrative

The tornado touched down on the east side of Mote Road where several pine trees were snapped. It tracked north-northeast and snapped several pine trees along Smiths Mill Pond Road. Additional snapped pines were noted as the tornado crossed Highway 701 near Smith Mill Pond Road across from Gaddie Norris Drive. It continued moving north to Peter Cromartie Road where a large limbs and several smaller limbs were broken out of a large oak tree.

This is a separate tornado from one that developed about one mile to the west around the time this tornado dissipated and crossed the Bladen-Sampson county line at Helltown Road Details on that tornado can be fund in a Public Information Statement issued by NWS Raleigh.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Helene made landfall along the Gulf Coast of FL in the Big Bend and weakened to a tropical storm before reaching central GA. The storm then turned northwest across the southern Appalachians before weakening to a tropical depression over eastern TN. Tropical Storm Warnings were issued for all of northeast SC but not in NC. Limited impacts occurred across southeast NC including some tropical storm force wind gusts and some a weak tornado.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1212022. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.