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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
316 PM EDT TUE OCT 13 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 10/11/26 CARPENTER, NC TORNADO EVENT
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.37 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 10/11/2026
START TIME: 12:29 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 ESE CARPENTER / WAKE COUNTY / NC
START LAT/LON: 35.8147 / -78.865
END DATE: 10/11/2026
END TIME: 12:30 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 E CARPENTER / WAKE COUNTY / NC
END LAT/LON: 35.8191 / -78.8621
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SHORT LIVED EF-1 TORNADO WITH PEAK WIND SPEEDS OF 100 MPH
DEVELOPED NEAR THE WEST REGIONAL LIBRARY ON MORRISVILLE PARKWAY
AND TRAVELED NORTHEASTWARD. A LARGE TREE WAS SNAPPED IN THE PARKING
LOT OF THE LIBRARY ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OTHER SMALL TREE LIMBS.
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH OF THE LIBRARY,
WITH SEVERAL 1-3 INCH TREE LIMBS SNAPPED AND SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED, SUGGESTING THE STRONGEST
WINDS REMAINED JUST ABOVE GROUND AFFECTING MAINLY TREETOPS.
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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