Tornado, Guilford
- When
- May 7, 7:07 PM EST to 7:11 PM EST
- Where
- Guilford County, Climax to 10 mi E of Climax
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 0.1 yd
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -79.550
Tornadoes in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
5 miles . It moved into extreme northeast Randolph county before lifting about 2 miles north of Liberty.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 RAH wrote it up.
A tornado touched down in extreme southeast Guilford county and tracked to the southeast for approximately 2.5 miles . It moved into extreme northeast Randolph county before lifting about 2 miles north of Liberty. The tornado produced F1 damage. The exact path stretched from Lake Juno Road to Liberty Grove Road.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Randolph
- When
- May 7, 7:11 PM EST to 7:13 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph County, Julian to 3 mi SE of Julian
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 0.1 yd
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -79.620
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, May 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 7, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 7, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 7 to 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Virginia, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in South Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 1998Warnings in North Carolina, May 1998
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: 5648865, 5648866.