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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
409 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/04/2025 TORNADO EVENT NEAR FOUR OAKS, NC...
.FOUR OAKS, NC TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.14 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/04/2025
START TIME: 04:59 AM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 SSW FOUR OAKS / JOHNSTON COUNTY / NC
START LAT/LON: 35.4075 / -78.4653
END DATE: 05/04/2025
END TIME: 05:00 AM EDT
END LOCATION: 3 SSW FOUR OAKS / JOHNSTON COUNTY / NC
END LAT/LON: 35.4087 / -78.4635
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF BUT STRONG EF-0 TORNADO OCCURRED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY
MAY 4, 2025 AS A LINE OF STORMS MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL NC. A CAR PORT WAS PICKED UP
AND DISPLACED APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS DOWNSTREAM, WHILE A PORTION OF A ROOF WAS
TORN OFF AN OUTBUILDING AND DISPLACED 100 YARDS TO THE NORTHWEST. SEVERAL WEAKENED
TREES ON THE PROPERTY WERE SNAPPED AND ONE WAS UPROOTED. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE
GROUND FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE BEFORE LIFTING.
THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE JOHNSTON COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT DIVISION. NWS RALEIGH WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A NOTE OF APPRECIATION FOR
THEIR ASSISTANCE LEADING UP TO, AND DURING, THE 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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