F1 tornado in Lenoir County, North Carolina

Tornado April 15, 1999 · Lenoir County, North Carolina

Rating

33.0 mi

Whole path

10 yd

Path width

Injuries

$6.0M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Duplin County → Jones County → Lenoir County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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.

The wider storm

A tornado briefly touched down near Pink Hill. Debris was believed to cause the two injuries that were reported. This was associated with the F2 tornado that moved across Duplin and Jones counties.

Began near Pink Hill (35.0500, -77.7500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5687296. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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