Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Wayne County, North Carolina, March 16, 1955
RatingF2
Deaths1
Injuries1
Length6.6 mi
Width500 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.60, -77.97) to the end point (35.65, -77.87), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- March 16, 1955, 2:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- North Carolina
- Counties
- Wayne County
- Path
- 6.6 miles long, up to 500 yards wide
- Casualties
- 1 deaths, 1 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.