Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Cumberland County, North Carolina, March 15, 1971

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length64 mi

Width50 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.20, -79.03) to the end point (35.23, -77.90), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: March 15, 1971, 2:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: North Carolina
Counties: Cumberland County, Sampson County, Duplin County
Path: 64 miles long, up to 50 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on March 15, 1971

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Mar 15, 1971	F2	Indiana	0.1 mi	20 yd	2
Mar 15, 1971	F2	Indiana	1.3 mi	200 yd	5
Mar 15, 1971	F1	Illinois, Missouri	2.4 mi	200 yd	0
Mar 15, 1971	F0	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Cumberland County
Sampson County
Duplin County

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.