Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Rockingham County, North Carolina, March 20, 1998
RatingF3
Deaths2
Injuries27
Length12 mi
Width300 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.40, -79.98) to the end point (36.53, -79.78), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- March 20, 1998, 2:25 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- North Carolina
- Counties
- Rockingham County
- Path
- 12 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
- Casualties
- 2 deaths, 27 injuries
Other tornadoes on March 20, 1998
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 1998 | F3 | Georgia | 4 mi | 100 yd | 12 | 171 |
| Mar 20, 1998 | F2 | North Carolina | 2.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 20, 1998 | F2 | North Carolina | 1.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Mar 20, 1998 | F2 | North Carolina | 1.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 20, 1998 | F1 | North Carolina | 1.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Mar 20, 1998 | F1 | Virginia | 13 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 20, 1998 | F1 | North Carolina | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 20, 1998 | F1 | North Carolina | 0.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 20, 1998 | F0 | North Carolina | 0.1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 20, 1998 | F0 | North Carolina | 0.1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 20, 1998 | F0 | North Carolina | 0.2 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.