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EF0 tornado in New Hanover County, North Carolina

Tornado September 5, 2019 · New Hanover County, North Carolina

EF0
Rating
0.4 mi
Path length
30 yd
Path width
$25K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

A tornado initially impacted the SE Harbor Dr area with large

limbs down. The tornado moved west-northwest breaking numerous

large limbs. It crossed Myrtle Grove Rd breaking large limbs and

uprooting a few trees up to 3 feet diameter. Shingles were also

blown off a shed in this area. The tornado lifted on the north

side of Grove Point Rd.

The wider storm

Hurricane Dorian strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane as it moved through the Bahamas, with devastating damage. It weakened as it moved up the eastern seaboard. The hurricane was a strong Category 1 as it passed just east of Bald Head Island. The hurricane spawned many tornadoes across eastern South and North Carolina. Rainfall amounts along the coast ranged from ten to fifteen inches with lesser amounts inland. Hurricane force winds remained offshore, with several sites along the coast reporting gusts over 60 mph. Damage was due mainly from the tornadoes, with many reports of flash flooding. Power outages were minimal. The hurricane exited the region by the afternoon of September 6th.

Began near Myrtle Grove (34.1029, -77.8821).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Brunswick CountyEF1 New Hanover CountyEF1 Pender CountyEF1 Brunswick CountyEF0 Pender CountyEF0 New Hanover CountyEF0 Bladen CountyEF0 Columbus CountyEF0 Pender CountyEF0 Pender CountyEF0 Brunswick CountyEF0 New Hanover County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 857365. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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