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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
826 PM EDT TUE OCT 13 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 10/11/26 LINDEN, NC TORNADO EVENT
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.18 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 10/11/2026
START TIME: 12:23 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 W LINDEN / CUMBERLAND COUNTY / NC
START LAT/LON: 35.2593 / -78.7787
END DATE: 10/11/2026
END TIME: 12:25 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 NW LINDEN / HARNETT COUNTY / NC
END LAT/LON: 35.2722 / -78.765
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SHORT-LIVED TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 105 MPH
INITIALLY DEVELOPED ALONG RAMSEY STREET NEAR LINDEN, NC, AND
CONTINUED TO TRACK NORTHEAST. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
OCCURRED AS THE TORNADO CROSSED THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL AREA
BETWEEN GLENMONT CREEK PLACE, HUNGRY CREEK DRIVE, AND RAINY BECK
WAY. SEVERAL HOMES HAD MINOR ROOF AND FENCE DAMAGE; HOWEVER, A
SELECT FEW ALONG HUNGRY CREEK DRIVE SUSTAINED HIGH-END EF-
1 DAMAGE, WHERE 50% OF THE WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT, FENCE POSTS
SET IN POURED CONCRETE WERE PULLED FROM THE GROUND, AND WIND-
BLOWN TIMBER PUNCTURED EXTERIOR WALLS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
TRACKING NORTHEAST INTO AN OPEN AREA, WHERE DRONE PHOTOS PROVIDED
BY THE HARNETT COUNTY DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL REVEALED A NOTICEABLE
PATH THROUGH A DORMANT CORNFIELD AND A SECTION OF DOWNED OR
SNAPPED SOFTWOOD TREES IN A FIELD NORTH OF HORSESHOE BEND ROAD.
THE TORNADO THEN KNOCKED DOWN SEVERAL MORE TREES IN THE BACKYARD
OF A RESIDENCE ALONG COMANCHE DRIVE, PULLED AN ANCHORED CARPORT
OUT OF THE GROUND, AND FLUNG IT 30 TO 50 YARDS. FINALLY, THE
TORNADO CROSSED A SMALL POND AND KNOCKED DOWN A FEW MORE SMALL
SOFTWOOD TREES BEFORE LIFTING AS IT TRAVERSED A FORMER
AIRSTRIP.
WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE TO HARNETT COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE WITH THE STORM SURVEY AND FOR PROVIDING DRONE PHOTOS
AND RECONNAISSANCE.
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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