Tornadoes · United States · North Carolina
Tornadoes in Carteret County, North Carolina
82 tornadoes have crossed Carteret County since 1950, 1 of them surveyed so far this year and still preliminary, 1st of the 99 counties in North Carolina with a tornado on record, an average of 1.1 a year. They have killed 0 people and injured 11. None was rated F4 or above.
The rating scale
Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.
F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.
Now
- Tornadoes
- 82
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 11
- F4 and above
- 0
- Worst on record
- EF2, September 5, 2019
The strongest
- EF2, Carteret County, North CarolinaSeptember 5, 2019
- EF2, Carteret County, North CarolinaNovember 24, 2018
- F2, Carteret County, North CarolinaMay 27, 1974
- F2, Carteret County, North CarolinaSeptember 15, 1999
- F2, Carteret County, North CarolinaSeptember 15, 1990
- EF2, Carteret County, North CarolinaNovember 26, 2013
- F2, Carteret County, North CarolinaMarch 20, 1989
- F2, Carteret County, North CarolinaDecember 3, 1967
Every year with a tornado
The 33 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Carteret County. Each year links to every tornado in North Carolina that year.
Every tornado that crossed Carteret County
82 tornadoes, newest first. The 1 at the top is this year's, from the surveying office rather than SPC's published database, and its rating is marked as preliminary.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 24, 2026 | 4:34 PM EDT | EF0 | Carteret | 0.2 | 0 | |||
| September 16, 2024 | 7:26 PM EDT | EF0 | Carteret | 0.3 | 60 | |||
| January 10, 2024 | 9:05 PM EST | EF0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 60 | |||
| January 10, 2024 | 9:05 PM EST | EF1 | Carteret | 0.2 | 75 | |||
| September 17, 2020 | 9:16 PM EDT | EF1 | Carteret | 0.1 | 25 | |||
| October 31, 2019 | 1:15 AM EDT | EF0 | Carteret | 0.4 | 60 | |||
| September 5, 2019 | 9:02 AM EDT | EF2 | Carteret | 13.0 | 200 | |||
| November 24, 2018 | 2:40 PM EST | EF0 | Carteret | 0.5 | 40 | |||
| November 24, 2018 | 2:10 PM EST | EF2 | Carteret | 2.8 | 75 | |||
| November 24, 2018 | 2:06 PM EST | EF0 | Carteret | 0.3 | 70 | |||
| November 13, 2018 | 4:45 AM EST | EF1 | Carteret | 2.0 | 150 | |||
| September 14, 2018 | 10:28 PM EDT | EF1 | Carteret | 4.5 | 300 | |||
| September 14, 2018 | 1:12 PM EDT | EF1 | Carteret | 8.2 | 200 | |||
| September 14, 2018 | 11:58 AM EDT | EF1 | Carteret | 9.3 | 150 | |||
| September 14, 2018 | 10:57 AM EDT | EF1 | Carteret | 2.7 | 150 | |||
| September 2, 2016 | 9:23 PM EDT | EF1 | Carteret | 0.3 | 50 | $75,000 | ||
| September 2, 2016 | 9:20 PM EDT | EF1 | Carteret | 0.1 | 50 | $150,000 | ||
| June 25, 2016 | 1:45 PM EDT | EF0 | Carteret | 0.5 | 30 | 1 | $50,000 | |
| February 16, 2016 | 8:51 AM EST | EF1 | Carteret | 4.2 | 167 | $100,000 | ||
| November 26, 2013 | 10:17 PM EST | EF1 | Carteret | 3.2 | 200 | $4.0 million | ||
| November 26, 2013 | 10:15 PM EST | EF2 | Carteret | 0.4 | 200 | 2 | $2.5 million | |
| December 26, 2012 | 2:58 PM EST | EF1 | Carteret | 0.9 | 100 | $10,000 | ||
| May 30, 2012 | 10:34 AM EDT | EF1 | Carteret | 0.6 | 250 | $600,000 | ||
| May 11, 2008 | 8:27 PM EDT | EF0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| May 11, 2008 | 8:17 PM EDT | EF0 | Carteret | 0.3 | 30 | $10,000 | ||
| May 11, 2008 | 8:06 PM EDT | EF1 | Carteret | 2.7 | 30 | $30,000 | ||
| March 2, 2007 | 8:40 AM EST | EF0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 10 | $1,000 | ||
| August 31, 2006 | 7:05 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 50 | |||
| August 31, 2006 | 6:25 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 25 | $10,000 | ||
| August 27, 2006 | 3:29 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 25 | $10,000 | ||
| July 1, 2006 | 12:30 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 25 | |||
| June 14, 2006 | 12:40 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.5 | 25 | $30,000 | ||
| August 27, 2005 | 3:15 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| July 13, 2005 | 1:35 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 20 | $1,000 | ||
| June 25, 2005 | 6:40 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 1.0 | 25 | $1,000 | ||
| August 15, 2004 | 2:23 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.2 | 20 | |||
| August 13, 2004 | 5:53 AM EDT | F1 | Carteret | 0.3 | 20 | 3 | $280,000 | |
| July 17, 2004 | 5:25 PM EDT | F1 | Carteret | 3.0 | 35 | $70,000 | ||
| July 17, 2004 | 5:19 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 10 | $10,000 | ||
| June 7, 2004 | 6:25 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 25 | |||
| June 7, 2004 | 11:53 AM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 1.0 | 25 | |||
| April 13, 2004 | 2:35 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.5 | 25 | $10,000 | ||
| August 14, 2003 | 12:01 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 20 | |||
| August 6, 2003 | 5:45 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.2 | 20 | $50,000 | ||
| July 2, 2003 | 11:10 AM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 30 | $2,000 | ||
| July 2, 2003 | 10:55 AM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 20 | |||
| October 11, 2002 | 7:40 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 1.0 | 100 | |||
| April 17, 2001 | 4:16 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.5 | 100 | |||
| April 17, 2001 | 4:00 PM EDT | F1 | Carteret | 0.5 | 100 | $100,000 | ||
| April 1, 2001 | 4:30 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.2 | 50 | |||
| September 18, 2000 | 4:37 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 50 | |||
| April 15, 2000 | 1:45 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.2 | 50 | |||
| April 15, 2000 | 12:45 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.2 | 50 | $20,000 | ||
| September 15, 1999 | 7:05 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 1.5 | 0 | |||
| September 15, 1999 | 5:55 PM EDT | F1 | Carteret | 3.0 | 0 | |||
| September 15, 1999 | 4:40 PM EDT | F2 | Carteret | 2.0 | 20 | $300,000 | ||
| April 15, 1999 | 11:05 PM EDT | F1 | Carteret | 8.0 | 10 | $500,000 | ||
| September 3, 1998 | 10:30 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 2.0 | 50 | $50,000 | ||
| August 26, 1998 | 1:25 PM EDT | F1 | Carteret | 0.3 | 30 | $230,000 | ||
| July 31, 1998 | 3:45 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.2 | 30 | |||
| June 2, 1998 | 5:15 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 17.0 | 50 | $1,000 | ||
| October 26, 1997 | 6:45 PM EST | F0 | Carteret | 0.2 | 50 | $170,000 | ||
| July 12, 1996 | 5:20 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.5 | 50 | |||
| September 27, 1993 | 9:20 PM EDT | F1 | Carteret | 2.0 | 20 | $500,000 to $5 million | ||
| July 20, 1993 | 4:33 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.2 | 10 | |||
| June 20, 1991 | 8:45 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| October 23, 1990 | 8:23 AM EDT | F1 | Carteret | 0.7 | 100 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| September 15, 1990 | 5:45 AM EDT | F2 | Carteret | 0.5 | 40 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| September 23, 1989 | 10:30 AM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 1.2 | 70 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| March 20, 1989 | 6:15 AM EST | F2 | Carteret | 0.2 | 100 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| November 10, 1987 | 1:15 PM EST | F0 | Carteret | 2.0 | 20 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| September 13, 1987 | 9:30 AM EDT | F1 | Carteret | 0.2 | 20 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 9, 1977 | 12:30 PM EDT | F1 | Carteret | 1.3 | 20 | 1 | $50,000 to $500,000 | |
| July 25, 1976 | 7:10 PM EDT | F1 | Carteret | 0.1 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| May 27, 1974 | 2:01 AM EDT | F2 | Carteret | 2.8 | 350 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| May 26, 1974 | 1:32 AM EDT | F1 | Carteret | 1.0 | 123 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| May 26, 1974 | 1:30 AM EDT | F1 | Carteret | 0.5 | 80 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| May 26, 1974 | 1:10 AM EDT | F1 | Carteret | 1.0 | 40 | 2 | $5,000 to $50,000 | |
| September 30, 1972 | 6:00 PM EDT | F0 | Carteret | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| December 3, 1967 | 9:15 AM GMT-5 | F2 | Carteret | 0.1 | 27 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| September 13, 1964 | 8:00 AM GMT-4 | F1 | Carteret | 0.1 | 10 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| May 17, 1963 | 12:25 AM GMT-4 | F1 | Carteret | 0.3 | 50 | 2 | $5,000 to $50,000 |
Nearby
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What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.