F2 tornado in Beaufort County, North Carolina

Tornado October 11, 2002 · Beaufort County, North Carolina

Rating

3.0 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$3.0M

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

An F2 tornado touched down near Pantego in the Swamp Road area. The tornado destroyed one house, a mobile home as well as a hog farm. Most of the dollar damage occurred to the farm with the destruction of hog houses and heavy equipment.

Began near Pantego (35.5833, -76.6667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5319955. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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