Tornado History Map

Carteret County, North Carolina tornado history

82 tornadoes recorded in or across Carteret County from 1961 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Carteret County

The Storm Prediction Center records 82 tornadoes whose paths touched Carteret County, North Carolina between 1961 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is September, with 20 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 5 September 2019. The most recent was on 16 September 2024.

  • 82tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 11injuries
  • 1,615per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Carteret County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF04352%
F1 / EF13138%
F2 / EF2810%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Carteret County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 30 in 2000s.1960s41970s71980s41990s152000s302010s182020s4

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s4
1970s7
1980s4
1990s15
2000s30
2010s18
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 20 in Sep.Jan2Feb1Mar2Apr7May9Jun8Jul10Aug10Sep20Oct4Nov7Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb1
Mar2
Apr7
May9
Jun8
Jul10
Aug10
Sep20
Oct4
Nov7
Dec2

Records for Carteret County

  • Strongest: North Carolina tornado5 September 2019, EF2, 13 miles long
  • Longest path: North Carolina tornado2 June 1998, F0, 17 miles long
  • Most recent: North Carolina tornado16 September 2024, EF0, 0.4 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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