Tornado, Lenoir
- When
- April 1, 3:50 PM EST
- Where
- Lenoir County, 6 mi S of La Grange
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -77.800
Tornadoes in North Carolina, April 1, 1998
A series of tornadoes across Lenoir, Craven and Jones counties produced nearly a half million dollars in damage and 3 injuries, none serious. The first occurrence in extreme southwest Lenoir County on Dailey's Chapel Road ripped a roof off a trailer and damaged a turkey farm.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $470,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 MHX wrote it up.
A series of tornadoes across Lenoir, Craven and Jones counties produced nearly a half million dollars in damage and 3 injuries, none serious. The first occurrence in extreme southwest Lenoir County on Dailey's Chapel Road ripped a roof off a trailer and damaged a turkey farm. Shortly thereafter a tornado on Davis Road just east of Hardy Bridge Road in Moss Hill destroyed an airplane hangar and several planes inside. Airplanes were lifted out of the hangar and thrown. One boat was pushed out of the structure a distance of 100 yards. In addition, an outbuilding was destroyed and a Ford Explorer was rolled several times. About 3 miles southwest of Kinston another tornado destroyed a pole barn and damaged 11 trailers. One trailer that was totally demolished had 3 occupants inside who were slightly injured. There were several other tornadoes that touched down in open fields.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lenoir
- When
- April 1, 3:55 PM EST
- Where
- Lenoir County, 5 mi SSE of La Grange
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $350,000
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -77.770
Tornado, Lenoir
- When
- April 1, 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Lenoir County, 3 mi SW of Kinston
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $90,000
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -77.620
Tornado, Lenoir
- When
- April 1, 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Lenoir County, 7 mi E of Pink Hill
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -77.630
Tornado, Jones
- When
- April 1, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Jones County, 3 mi E of Wise Fork
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -77.470
Tornado, Craven
- When
- April 1, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Craven County, 3 mi NW of Vanceboro
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -77.200
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Tornado, Craven
- When
- April 1, 5:44 PM EST
- Where
- Craven County, 3 mi W of Vanceboro
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -77.220
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 1, 1998
- Flood in California, April 1, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New Hampshire, April 1, 1998
- Flood in Florida, April 1 to 19, 1998
- Flood in New York, April 1 to 7, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, April 1, 1998
- Flood in Florida, April 1, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1998
- Flooding in Vermont, April 1 to 13, 1998
- Wildfire and Drought in Guam, April 1 to 30, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1998
More
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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: 5633933, 5633934, 5633935, 5633936, 5633937, 5633938, 5633939.