EF1 tornado in Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Tornado May 13, 2025 · Edgecombe County, North Carolina

EF1

Rating

1.7 mi

Path length

115 yd

Path width

$40K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 115 yards (0.07 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

An EF-1 tornado developed just inside Edgecombe County north of the town of Fountain NC. The tornado traveled north, crossing route 258 and causing structural damage to a mobile home along with several snapped trees. It then entered a densely wooded, inaccessible area and it is unclear if the tornado remained on the ground continuously, but additional tree damage was found near the intersection of Otter Creek Church Rd and Wooten Rd. No additional damage was noted downwind of that intersection.

The wider storm

A mid-level trough over the Tennessee valley region produced two main waves of showers and storms across eastern sections of central North Carolina. The first wave came through in the early morning hours, which produced two tornadoes in Edgecombe County. A second wave of storms developed in the afternoon and evening, producing isolated wind damage across the region.

Began near Crisp (35.6926, -77.6378).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Edgecombe County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1254637. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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