Bertie county tornado EF-3 with a max path width of 600 yards. A serious WTF tornado for a tropical system
Super rare to get something like this in a tropical system, its th strongest tornado in a tropical system since 2005
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY CONFIRMS EF-3 TORNADO IN BERTIE COUNTY NC...
START LOCATION...KNOWLES LANE IN SOUTHERN BERTIE COUNTY NC
END LOCATION...GOVERNORS ROAD NORTHWEST OF WINDSOR NC
DATE...AUGUST 4, 2020
ESTIMATED TIME...1:15 AM EDT TO 1:26 AM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-3
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...140-145 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...600 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...10 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...35.887/-76.890
ENDING LAT/LON...36.014/-76.977
* FATALITIES...2
* INJURIES...14
...SUMMARY...
A DAMAGE SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE NWS WAKEFIELD OFFICE FOUND A PATH OF STORM
DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH AN EF3 TORNADO. PEAK WINDS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 140 TO 145 MPH. THE
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF KNOWLES LANE AND MIDDLE TRACK ROAD. IT
THEN TRACKED TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AND REACHED ITS STRONGEST POINT JUST SOUTH OF THE
TOWN OF WOODARD AS IT CROSSED MORNING ROAD,
WHERE ITS WIDTH INCREASED TO JUST OVER ONE
THIRD OF A MILE AND IT REACHED EF3 INTENSITY. THE TORNADO COMPLETELY DESTROYED SEVERAL
MOBILE HOMES AND STICK BUILT HOUSES IN THIS AREA. IT FLATTENED SEVEN SINGLE-WIDE AND
DOUBLE-WIDE MOBILE HOMES, LEAVING UNRECOGNIZABLE BITS OF DEBRIS. THE FATALITIES AND
INJURIES OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF MORNING ROAD. THE TORNADO WEAKENED TO EF1
INTENSITY AS IT APPROACHED THE WEST SIDE OF THE TOWN OF WINDSOR, BUT IT DID DAMAGE A
FARM ON HIGHWAY 306. THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED JUST BEFORE REACHING GOVERNORS ROAD
ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINDSOR.