Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Union County, North Carolina, May 5, 1989

RatingF4

Deaths1

Injuries6

Length13 mi

Width500 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.98, -80.73) to the end point (35.10, -80.55), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 5, 1989, 6:01 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: North Carolina
Counties: Union County
Path: 13 miles long, up to 500 yards wide
Casualties: 1 deaths, 6 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 5, 1989

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 5, 1989	F4	South Carolina, North Carolina	15 mi	700 yd	2	35
May 5, 1989	F4	North Carolina	14 mi	800 yd	4	52
May 5, 1989	F3	North Carolina	10.5 mi	200 yd	0	30
May 5, 1989	F2	Kentucky	1 mi	40 yd	0	1
May 5, 1989	F2	Georgia, South Carolina	10.5 mi	300 yd	0	15
May 5, 1989	F2	North Carolina	8.7 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 5, 1989	F2	North Carolina	15 mi	73 yd	0	0
May 5, 1989	F2	North Carolina	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	8
May 5, 1989	F2	North Carolina	5.5 mi	100 yd	0	10
May 5, 1989	F1	Louisiana	8 mi	40 yd	0	0
May 5, 1989	F1	Louisiana	0.4 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 5, 1989	F1	Louisiana	0.3 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 5, 1989	F1	Louisiana	0.3 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 5, 1989	F1	Georgia	1 mi	200 yd	0	11
May 5, 1989	F1	South Carolina	2.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 5, 1989	F1	North Carolina	0.3 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 5, 1989	F1	North Carolina	2.5 mi	40 yd	0	0
May 5, 1989	F1	North Carolina	4.6 mi	300 yd	0	1
May 5, 1989	F1	Virginia	2 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 5, 1989	F1	Virginia	2 mi	10 yd	0	0

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