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EF1 tornado in Pender County, North Carolina

Tornado March 16, 2025 · Pender County, North Carolina

EF1
Rating
3.1 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$30K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 formed just west of Herrings Chapel Rd about 4 miles east of Currie, NC. As it moved toward the north-northeast the tornado caused tree damage and damage to multiple dog kennels. The tornado then crossed Herrings Chapel Rd causing extensive tree damage in the area. The tornado then weakened as it lifted into wooded areas toward the northeast. Damage was observed again near Fennell Town Rd with houses having some roof damage, along with a few snapped and uprooted trees. The tornado dissipated north of Fennell Town Rd.

The wider storm

A significant storm system that produce a deadly tornado outbreak over the Southeast U.S. and Mid-Mississippi Valley moved across the Carolinas causing some severe weather.

Began near Malpass Corner (34.4698, -78.0314).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1236914. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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