Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F4 tornado, Wake County, North Carolina, November 27, 1988
RatingF4
Deaths4
Injuries154
Length83 mi
Width400 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.87, -78.75) to the end point (36.45, -77.42), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- November 27, 1988, 11:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F4
- States
- North Carolina
- Counties
- Wake County, Franklin County, Nash County, Halifax County
- Near the path
- Raleigh, Wake Forest (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 83 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
- Casualties
- 4 deaths, 154 injuries
Other tornadoes on November 27, 1988
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 1988 | F1 | Virginia | 3 mi | 53 yd | 0 | 1 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.