EF0 tornado in Washington County, North Carolina

Tornado April 13, 2020 · Washington County, North Carolina

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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 brief tornado touched down near the town of Roper, NC, very near exit 548 on the south side of Highway 64. The tornado destroyed a hog farm building of Summerset Farms, just off of Northline Rd. The metal truss of the building was completely removed, and thrown into the adjacent farm field with the debris path extending 0.40 miles northeastward to the edge of Highway 64. Most of the debris consisted of sheet metal roofing. The damage was consistent with EF0 tornado damage.

The wider storm

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms with embedded tornadoes swept through Eastern North Carolina during the morning hours between sunrise and noon. Widespread reports of wind damage, including tornadoes, were observed. Six total tornadoes occurred, 5 EF0's, and 1 EF1.

Began near Beasley (35.8866, -76.5537).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Onslow County EF0 Jones County EF0 Jones County EF0 Beaufort County EF0 Craven County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 876629. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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