Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Buncombe County, North Carolina, February 18, 1976
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length3 mi
Width50 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.75, -82.47) to the end point (35.77, -82.42), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- February 18, 1976, 1:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- North Carolina
- Counties
- Buncombe County
- Path
- 3 miles long, up to 50 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on February 18, 1976
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 1976 | F3 | Mississippi | 27.3 mi | 200 yd | 1 | 27 |
| Feb 18, 1976 | F2 | Mississippi | 12.7 mi | 27 yd | 0 | 50 |
| Feb 18, 1976 | F2 | Tennessee | 1 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 10 |
| Feb 18, 1976 | F1 | Georgia | 3.8 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 18, 1976 | F1 | North Carolina | 2 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 18, 1976 | F1 | North Carolina | 3.8 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 18, 1976 | F1 | North Carolina | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 18, 1976 | F1 | North Carolina | 0.5 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 18, 1976 | F1 | North Carolina | 6 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 18, 1976 | F1 | North Carolina | 5.2 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 2 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.