Tornado Reports
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| 19:06Z | EF0 | KMHX | NC | Carteret | Cape Carteret | The tornado path started along the shores of Bogue Sound near Bayshore|Drive in Cape Carteret and quickly moved north-northeast across Live Oak Drive. An|eyewitness here saw the tornado move down the street. Damage included|minor uplift of a porch, along with some siding and a uprooted tree. |More damage occurred along Park Avenue from near Live Oak Drive to Easy|Street. Most of the significant damage was blown toward the north |(southerly wind) and included large limbs down, along with damage to a |power line. In addition some shingles were blown off of a new roof. Of |interest was a tremendous amount of leaf debris that was along the north|and east sides of the houses along both Live Oak Drive and Park Avenue.|Although very subtle, this leaf debris could only occur on those sides |of the homes with a north to northeast wind, which was in the opposite |direction of most of the storm damage and therefore indicated likely |rotation. The damage path ended near the corner of Park Avenue and Easy|Street.||Overall damage along the path was relatively minor with 1 tree uprooted|that was already leaning due to Florence, and minor shingle loss of |another structure. Top winds were estimated to be around 80 mph or an |EF0 tornado. |
| 19:10Z | EF2 | KMHX | NC | Carteret | Broad Creek | The tornado began near the intersection of 8th street and Ocean Drive in|Emerald Isle with two houses sustaining uplift of the roof deck and|significant loss of roof covering material. Some utility lines were also|damaged along Ocean Drive. The path crossed Ocean drive through a row of|houses between 8th and 7th street. Multiple homes had siding damage |with one large work trailer turned over. It was here the worst damage |occured with one house losing large sections of the roof but the walls |were still standing. Part of the roofing material was found across |Highway 58, where damage to a boat dock occurred along Bogue Sound. As |the tornado became a waterspout over Bogue Sound it likely weakened |significantly as it crossed back over land as a tornado near Adams Lane|and Broad Creek Loop Road. Here some very minor siding damage occurred |along with some trampolines blown into a tree. Here the winds were |likely closer to an EF-0 or closer to around 80 MPH. ||Eyewitness accounts of the tornado in Emerald Isle mentioned more of a|rolling feature coming on land versus a circulation. Due to the radar|signature, narrow path and significant, intense damage just east of 8th|street the evidence pointed toward tornadic versus straight line damage. |
| 19:40Z | EF0 | KMHX | NC | Carteret | Mill Creek | Multiple eyewitnesses along Mill Creek Road in Newport reported multiple|waterspouts over Harlowe Creek Saturday afternoon after 230 PM. Across|the street from 2721 Mill Creek Road at a Oyster Farm the waterspout|came onshore briefly as a tornado. Crab pots were thrown across Mill|Creek Road as the tornado moved through. The tornado lifted as it moved|through a wooded area, before causing more very minor damage near the|intersection of Dowty Road and Mill Creek Road. Top wind speeds were|estimated to be around 65 MPH based on some minor limb damage and the|damage to the crab pots. ||Note, a separate area of damage was also found just east of this track|along Mill Landing Point Road. Siding damage was found to two houses,|along with a path of light outdoor materials (gas cans, furniture, |etc), and two uprooted trees. The siding damage may have been from|Florence, but the tree damage and light outdoor materials appeared to be|fresh. We were unable to make contact with either homeowner so as of now|this area is not included in the report above. If we obtain further|information a second separate tornado track may be needed. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).