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EF1 tornado in Greene County, North Carolina

Tornado April 25, 2014 · Greene County, North Carolina

EF1
Rating
4.2 mi
Path length
125 yd
Path width
$210K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 125 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

The tornado touched down at a farm along Beamon Old Creek Road producing EF1 damage with winds estimated at 110 mph. One side of a poultry farm was destroyed, moderate damage was also noted to outbuildings and two homes. The tornado then moved through farm and wooded areas before causing EF0 to low end EF1 damage to several mobile homes and one store near the intersection of Speights Bridge Road and Walston Road. The tornado then again moved over farm and wooded areas before dissipating near Howell Swamp Church Road. There were no injuries or fatalities associated with this tornado.

The wider storm

A cold front approached eastern North Carolina during the afternoon of April 25th 2014. Warm southerly winds ahead of the front produced good instability over the region and numerous showers and thunderstorms crossed during the afternoon and evening. Two super-cell thunderstorms produced the bulk of the severe weather with multiple tornadoes reported in parts of Greene, Pitt and Beaufort counties. There was one indirect fatality as and elderly woman located near Washington died from pneumonia as a result of injuries sustained during the tornado. Total dollar damage was estimated at 15 million dollars.

Began near Wootens Xrds (35.5300, -77.7400).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 505633. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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