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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
934 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 10/11/26 BONNIE DOONE, NC TORNADO EVENT -
UPDATE # 1...
UPDATE
INCREASED TRACK LENGTH BY APPROXIMATELY 0.6 MILES BASED
ON ADDITIONAL SURVEY RESULTS.
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.99 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 10/11/2026
START TIME: 11:56 AM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 S BONNIE DOONE / CUMBERLAND COUNTY / NC
START LAT/LON: 35.0713 / -78.969
END DATE: 10/11/2026
END TIME: 12:07 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 4 NE BONNIE DOONE / CUMBERLAND COUNTY / NC
END LAT/LON: 35.1385 / -78.9026
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A LONG-TRACK STORM PRODUCED MOSTLY EF-0 TO EF-1 DAMAGE, INCLUDING
A SHORT, QUARTER-MILE STRETCH OF EF-2 DAMAGE WITH MAXIMUM WIND
SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 115 MPH. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF SKIBO AND MORGANTON ROADS, KNOCKING DOWN SEVERAL
TREES AND REMOVING A COUPLE OF HVAC UNITS FROM THE BURLINGTON
SHOES STORE WITHIN A STRIP MALL. THE TORNADO THEN LIKELY LIFTED
BRIEFLY BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN AND INTENSIFYING NEAR THE
WALMART ALONG SKIBO ROAD, WHERE IT REMOVED NEARLY 10 HVAC UNITS
FROM THE ROOF, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE AS THEY TUMBLED ACROSS IT.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED BETWEEN TWO HOTELS, WHERE IT BENT AND
COLLAPSED POLES, DAMAGED ROOFS, AND ROLLED A CAR OR TWO. AS THE
TORNADO CONTINUED THROUGH THE SAM S CLUB PARKING LOT, ROUGHLY A
DOZEN CARS WERE TOPPLED OR LIFTED, AND ONE MINOR INJURY WAS
REPORTED. THE TORNADO LIKELY CONTINUED ON A DISCONTINUOUS PATH AS
IT ENTERED THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE SHOPPING
CENTER. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR SWAINEY
AVENUE AND STANSFIELD DRIVE, WHERE PERHAPS TWO DOZEN TREES WERE
SNAPPED AND LYING IN A CONVERGENT PATTERN IN A CONFINED AREA;
MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED AS WELL. THE TORNADO CROSSED
KORNBOW LAKE BEFORE SNAPPING PERHAPS ANOTHER TWO DOZEN TREES
BETWEEN ALPINE STREET AND HOGAN STREET.
SPORADIC TORNADO DAMAGE CONTINUED ALONG A NORTHEAST PATH UNTIL
SANDSTONE DRIVE WHERE MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND BY LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE NEW ENDPOINT OF THE TORNADO
TRACK. MINOR TREE LIMB DAMAGE WAS ALSO FOUND AROUND RAMSEY ST AND
ANDREWS DRIVE, BUT DAMAGE TYPE IS INCONCLUSIVE TO SUGGEST THE TORNADO
WAS STILL ON THE GROUND AT THIS POINT AND HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS
THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM
FROM THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE
WITH THE STORM SURVEY.
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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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