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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
154 PM EDT WED SEP 9 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR THE 09/05/26 TORNADOES (UPDATE #1)
SNEADS FERRY TORNADO #1
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.9 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: SEPTEMBER 5, 2026
START TIME: 6:37 PM EDT
START LOCATION: SNEADS FERRY, NC
START LAT/LON: 34.5299 / -77.4471
END DATE: SEPTEMBER 5, 2026
END TIME: 6:42 PM EDT
END LOCATION: SNEADS FERRY, NC
END LAT/LON: 34.5204 / -77.4358
BASED ON EYEWITNESS VIDEOS, IT APPEARS THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
IN A MARSHLAND AREA NORTH OF OLD FOLKSTONE ROAD. THE TORNADO THEN
MOVED SOUTHEAST ALONG THE EDGE OF A SUBDIVISION WHERE TREE AND
ROOF DAMAGE WERE NOTED. MOST WOODEN FENCES ALONG THE PATH OF THE
TORNADO WERE DAMAGED OR BLOWN DOWN. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED THROUGH
AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE THE WORST DAMAGE WAS NOTED. HERE,
PORTIONS OF ROOF DECKING OF ONE OF THE UNITS WERE UPLIFTED IN THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE TORNADO. MULTIPLE TREES
WERE SNAPPED IN THIS AREA AS WELL, WITH SOME FALLING ON THE
APARTMENT COMPLEX CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN
GLANCED AN RV PARK, DAMAGING TREES AND A COUPLE OF RVS. IT APPEARS
THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED OLD FOLKSTONE ROAD NEAR FOOD LION WHERE
EYEWITNESSES OBSERVED THE TORNADO LOFTING DEBRIS. BASED ON
EYEWITNESS VIDEOS, THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED AS IT APPROACHED NORTH
CAROLINA HIGHWAY 210. IN THIS AREA, MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED AT THE
SNEADS FERRY LIBRARY, AND A CAR WAS DAMAGED AFTER IT WAS PARTIALLY
UPLIFTED AND DROPPED BACK DOWN.
SNEADS FERRY TORNADO #2
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: SEPTEMBER 5, 2026
START TIME: 6:41 PM EDT
START LOCATION: SNEADS FERRY, NC
START LAT/LON: 34.5534 / -77.4388
END DATE: SEPTEMBER 5, 2026
END TIME: 6:47 PM EDT
END LOCATION: SNEADS FERRY, NC
END LAT/LON: 34.5312 / -77.4328
UPDATED INFORMATION: AFTER REVIEWING SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM
A MARINE COMMERCIAL BUILDING, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE
TORNADO PATH STARTED EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY INDICATED. THIS
UPDATED INFORMATION EXTENDS THE DAMAGE PATH BY 1.4 MILES. MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT THE MARINE BUILDING, AND A BOAT WAS
FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE. BASED ON RADAR, THE TORNADO THEN APPEARS TO
HAVE SKIPPED ALONG A PATH WEST OF NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 210.
THE TORNADO WENT BACK ACROSS NC 210 AROUND THE MILL CREEK
NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN. THE TORNADO
THEN STRENGTHENED AS IT MOVED SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. THE
TORNADO THEN HIT A RESIDENCE ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM THE MILL
CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS AT THIS LOCATION THAT THE TORNADO
CAUSED NOTABLE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF DECKING, AND FRONT OUTER WALL,
OF THE HOME. ROOF DEBRIS WAS LOFTED AND THROWN UP TO 100 YARDS
DOWNWIND INTO A ROW OF TREES AT THE BACK EDGE OF THE PROPERTY. THE
HOME HAD PLASTIC HURRICANE SHUTTERS, BUT THE FORCE OF THE WIND
PUSHED THE FRONT WINDOWS AWAY FROM THE WALL AND PARTIALLY INTO THE
HOME. THE TORNADO THEN BEGAN TO LIFT AS IT MOVED THROUGH A
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WHERE MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED. DEBRIS FROM
THE HOME WAS LOFTED OVER THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, AND WAS FOUND
150 YARDS AWAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY WOULD LIKE
TO THANK ONSLOW COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THEIR SUPPORT WITH
THIS SURVEY.
MARTIN
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