Tornado, Cleveland
- When
- September 16, 5:35 PM EST to 5:36 PM EST
- Where
- Cleveland County, Shelby
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 180 yd
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -81.550
Tornado in North Carolina, September 16, 1996
A weak tornado touched down very briefly causing minor damage to one home. Shingles were removed and a minivan was tipped up but not blown over by the wind.
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
- $1,000
- 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 GSP wrote it up.
A weak tornado touched down very briefly causing minor damage to one home. Shingles were removed and a minivan was tipped up but not blown over by the wind.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:33 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
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- Tornado in North Carolina, September 16, 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, September 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: 5574322.