Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F0 tornado, Wake County, North Carolina, May 7, 1977
RatingF0
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length1 mi
Width23 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.90, -78.68) to the end point (35.90, -78.68), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 7, 1977, 2:50 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F0
- States
- North Carolina
- Counties
- Wake County
- Near the path
- Raleigh (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 1 miles long, up to 23 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.