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F0 tornado in Lincoln County, North Carolina

Tornado November 15, 2006 · Lincoln County, North Carolina

F0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
30 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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 NWS survey found a short damage track near the highway 73 and highway 16 intersection consistent with a tornado.

The wider storm

A narrow line of showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a strong cold front during the evening hours of November 15th. As the line moved into North Carolina a series of tornadoes formed along a break in the line. In all, four tornadoes touched down from the east side of Gastonia to a few miles east of Statesville. The strongest tornado produced a small area of F2 damage. One person later died from injuries suffered in the last tornado in Iredell County. Areas of damaging straight line winds also occurred in other parts of the line.

Began near Lincolnton (35.4700, -81.5300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Lincoln CountyF1 Iredell County 1 deadF1 Gaston County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 6044. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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