Tornado in North Carolina, March 17, 2000

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$50,000

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.

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:10 UTC.

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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.

• Avalanche in Colorado, March 17, 20002 deaths · 1 event
• Winter Storm in Maine, March 17, 20005 events
• Heavy Rain and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 17, 20004 events
• Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 17, 20002 events
• Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 17, 200055 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Tennessee, March 17, 2000$5,000 · 1 event

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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: 5134392.