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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
631 PM EDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MARCH 12TH, 2026 TORNADO EVENT IN
WHORTONSVILLE, NC...
WHORTONSVILLE TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 TO 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: MARCH 12, 2026
START TIME: 303 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 E WHORTONSVILLE, NC
START LAT/LON: 35.097923/-76.612443
END DATE: MARCH 12, 2026
END TIME: 305 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 E WHORTONSVILLE, NC
END LAT/LON: 35.098424/-76.606808
THE TRACK STARTED ROUGHLY 1 MILE EAST OF WHORTONSVILLE, OVER AN
AREA OF TREES AROSS THE RIVER FROM THE END OF BUXTON AVENUE. THE
PATH CONTINUED TOWARD BUXTON AVENUE WHERE A LARGE PORCH AND A SMALL
PORTION OF AN ADJACENT ROOF WAS BLOWN 60 YARDS TO THE EAST. MULTIPLE
LARGE PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED NEAR THIS LOCATION. MINOR
DAMAGE TO THE SIDING WAS FOUND ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HOUSES, OR
IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE STORM MOTION. ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS
HERE WERE CONSISTENT WITH EF-1 DAMAGE OR BETWEEN 90 AND 100 MPH.
THE DAMAGE PATH CONTINUED TO THE EAST WHERE MORE SOFTWOOD TREES WERE
SNAPPED ALONG S. DAWN STREET BEFORE ENDING NEAR PARADISE SHORES ROAD.
THE PATH MAY HAVE CONTINUED BEYOND THIS POINT BUT IT WAS IN AN AREA
THAT WAS NOT ACCESSABLE. ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS HERE WERE CONSISTENT
WITH EF-1 DAMAGE OR BETWEEN 90 AND 100 MPH.
MORE SPORADIC DAMAGE WAS FOUND WEST OF THIS PATH TOWARD HIGHWAY 306 IN
PAMLICO COUNTY AND ALSO NEAR FAIRFIELD HARBOUR. THIS EVENTUALLY MAY BE
CONSIDERED AS ONE CONTINOUS PATH. ADDITIONAL UPDATES MAY OCCUR THIS EVENING
AND 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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