North Carolina, 1998

Tornado in North Carolina, August 26, 1998

August 26, 1998 · NWS MHX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A tornado touchdown in Gum Neck about 13 miles southeast of Columbia damaged 2 storage buildings and tossed them 100 yards. A couple of farm sheds were damaged and several large trees were down on homes.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$40,000
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 MHX wrote it up.

A tornado touchdown in Gum Neck about 13 miles southeast of Columbia damaged 2 storage buildings and tossed them 100 yards. A couple of farm sheds were damaged and several large trees were down on homes. The tornado also destroyed a power transformer on Highway 41.

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:36 UTC.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Tyrrell

When
August 26, 4:35 PM EST
Where
Tyrrell County, 13 mi SE of Columbia
Rating
F0
Path length
2 mi
Path width
30 yd
Property damage
$40,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.780, -76.080

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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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: 5660952.