Tornado, Rockingham
- When
- May 6, 7:45 PM EST to 7:46 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, Monroeton
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -79.730
Tornado in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
A thunderstorm during the evening hours on the 6th produced a small tornado in Monroeton. The tornado destroyed two barns and an outbuilding, downed trees and snapped off power poles.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
A thunderstorm during the evening hours on the 6th produced a small tornado in Monroeton. The tornado destroyed two barns and an outbuilding, downed trees and snapped off power poles. The tornado was on the ground for one-tenth of a mile, was 20 yards wide and was rated F-1.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:02 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in New Mexico, May 6 to 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, May 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, May 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 6, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 6, 1996
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 1996Warnings in North Carolina, May 1996
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: 5554555.