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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
619 PM EDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MARCH 12TH, 2026 TORNADO EVENT IN FAIRFIELD HARBOUR,
NC...
FAIRFIELD HARBOUR TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 TO 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: MARCH 12, 2026
START TIME: 245 PM EDT
START LOCATION: FAIRFIELD HARBOUR, NC
START LAT/LON: 35.066080/-76.967537
END DATE: MARCH 12, 2026
END TIME: 247 PM EDT
END LOCATION: FAIRFIELD HARBOUR, NC
END LAT/LON: 35.066721/-76.957382
THE TRACK STARTED ALONG THE WATERS EDGE JUST WAS OF DOCKSIDE DRIVE. A LARGE
SECTION OF A WELL BUILT ROOF WAS BLOWN MORE THAN 100 YARDS TO THE EAST SOUTH
EAST. SPORADIC DAMAGE INCLUDED A PINE TREE THAT WAS SNAPED FROM THE BASE.
SOME MINOR DAMAGE INCLUDING SIDING, AND DRIP EDGING, WAS NOTED ON THE EAST SIDES
OF THE CONDO OR IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE STORM PATH. ESTIMATED WIND
SPEEDS HERE WERE CONSISTENT WITH EF-1 DAMAGE OR BETWEEN 90 AND 100 MPH.
A DAMAGE PATH CONTINUED TO THE EAST ACROSS CARDINAL DRIVE WHERE A LARGE PINE
TREE WAS SNAPPED 30 FEET UP FROM THE BASE. OTHER SMALLER TREES WERE UPROOTED,
WITH MISSING ROOF SHINGLES AND MINOR SIDING DAMAGE. WHILE THE MAIN DAMAGE
PATH CONTINUED TOWARD THE EAST, AGAIN MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE OPPOSITE
SIDE OF THE HOME, OR ROUGHLY OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF THE STORM MOTION.
ESTIMATED WINDSPEEDS HERE WERE CONSISTENT WITH EF-1 DAMAGE OR BETWEEN 90
AND 100 MPH.
THROUGHOUT THE FAIRFIELD HARBOUR NEIGHORHOOD SPORADIC DAMAGE WAS FOUND,
MAINLY CONSISTING OF SNAPPED SOFTWOOD TREES, ALONG WITH SOME LOSS OF ROOFING
MATERIALS, MAINLY CONSISTING OF SHINGLES BLOWN OFF, BUT NOT THE MAJOR LOSS
OF ANY ROOFING STUCTURE. ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS HERE WERE CONSISTENT WITH EF-1
DAMAGE OR BETWEEN 90 AND 100 MPH.
THE PATH CONTINUED EAST AND ENDED NEAR BROAD CREEK ROAD, WHERE MORE TREE
DAMAGE OCCURRED. MORE SPORADIC DAMAGE WAS FOUND EAST OF THIS PATH TOWARD
HIGHWAY 306 IN PAMLICO COUNTY AND ALSO NEAR WHORTONSVILLE. ADDITIONAL UPDATES
MAY OCCUR AGAIN THIS WEEKEND AS MORE DATA COMES INTO THE OFFICE.
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.
CQD/HEDEN
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