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EF2 tornado in Anson County, North Carolina

Tornado April 13, 2020 · Anson County, North Carolina

EF2

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$600K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

An EF-2 tornado with maximum winds of 125 mph briefly touched down along Diggs Road, just north of North Carolina Highway 145, one mile northeast of Morven. The tornado destroyed 2 of 4 chicken houses at this location. The tornado also lifted a mobile home from its foundation and rotated the home 180 degrees.

The wider storm

Multiple clusters of strong to severe storms moved across central North Carolina in advance of a strong cold front during the morning hours. The storms caused numerous reports of wind damages, including multiple measured wind gusts in excess of 58 miles per hour. Some of the trees fell on homes causing significant damage and one fatality in Davidson County. Three tornadoes touch down during the early morning hours, resulting in numerous trees snapped and uprooted and structural damage.

Began near Morven (34.8826, -79.9797).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Alamance County EF1 Anson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 888614. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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