Tornado History Map

Tyrrell County, North Carolina tornado history

17 tornadoes recorded in or across Tyrrell County from 1964 to 2017, 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 Tyrrell County

The Storm Prediction Center records 17 tornadoes whose paths touched Tyrrell County, North Carolina between 1964 and 2017. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 4 October 1964. The most recent was on 23 May 2017.

  • 17tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 8injuries
  • 435per 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 Tyrrell County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0529%
F1 / EF1847%
F2 / EF2424%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Tyrrell County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2010s.1960s11980s31990s42000s42010s5

The 2010s only run to 2017, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1980s3
1990s4
2000s4
2010s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May3Jun6Jul0Aug3Sep1Oct1Nov2Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May3
Jun6
Jul0
Aug3
Sep1
Oct1
Nov2
Dec0

Records for Tyrrell County

  • Strongest and Longest path: North Carolina tornado4 October 1964, F2, 54.1 miles long
  • Most recent: North Carolina tornado23 May 2017, EF1, 0.6 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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