North Carolina, 1993

Tornado in North Carolina, August 2, 1993

August 2, 1993 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Lenoir

When
August 2, 4:15 PM EST
Where
Lenoir County, Kinston
Rating
F1
Path length
2.5 mi
Path width
30 yd
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
35.370, -77.470

A tornado touched down northeast of Graingers and moved northeast to near the Pitt/Lenoir County border. No structural damage was reported but many trees were blown or twisted down.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10338365.