EF0 Tornado — Pamlico, North Carolina

2020-09-18 · near Hobucken, Pamlico, North Carolina

0.1 mi

Path length

20 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A tornado touched down over the Goose Creek Game Land along Highway 33

over northwest Pamlico County, less than a mile from the Beaufort and

Pamlico County line and about 3.5 miles southwest of Lowland.

In this remote location, a narrow path of debris could be found across

and along Highway 33. This consisted mainly of smaller size limbs of a

pine tree or other softwood tree. On the east side of Highway 33, 1

large pine tree was snapped just above the base and another tree was

uprooted. The stronger damage was pointed toward the northeast, with

some lighter convergent damage toward the southeast or into the path of

the storm.

The pine tree that was snapped looked to have some disease and the

uprooted tree was in a very swampy area of the gameland, thus probably

had a lower threshold for uprooting. These two factors along with the

lack of any appreciable damage nearby was enough to rate the tornado on

the lower end of the scale or an EF0 with top winds of around 70 MPH.

Note, the path length could be much longer but due to the remote area

surveyed, it could not be followed for it's entirety.

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Sally moved through the region during the evening and overnight, producing several tornadoes.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 915008. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.