EF1 Tornado — Carteret, North Carolina

2013-11-26 · near Camp Glenn, Carteret, North Carolina

Event narrative

A waterspout moved ashore off Bogue Sound and produced a 200 yard wide EF1 tornado that tracked rapidly northeast across parts of Morehead City. The tornado first impacted the Carteret Community College with moderate structural damage to several buildings and numerous trees damaged. The tornado then lifted northeast producing minor damage to the Carteret General Hospital with several vehicles in the parking lot damaged. The tornado continued to track rapidly northeast across residential areas snapping or uprooting numerous trees, many that fell on homes producing minor to moderate damage. The tornado caused damage at Crab Point north of Morehead City before apparently moving over the Newport River and dissipating. There were no injuries reported from this tornado and damage was estimated at 4 million dollars.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure lifted northeast across central North Carolina during the evening of November 26th. Very strong southerly winds east of the low led to warm and slightly unstable conditions over eastern North Carolina. Bands of heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms lifted rapidly northeast across the region from late afternoon through the overnight hours. Isolated severed weather developed with some of the showers and storms including one tornado that impacted Carteret county.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 480008. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.