SECTION 4: RISK ASSESSMENT
Table 4.115 – Recorded Tornadoes in Wake County, 1988-2023
Property Damage
Crop Damage
Location
Date
Magnitude
Deaths
Injuries
Wake Co. Wake Co. Wake Co. Raleigh Wendell Wendell
3/26/1988 11/28/1988 10/23/1990 3/27/1993 4/15/1996 4/15/1996 7/12/1996 3/20/1998 3/20/1998 3/20/1998 6/1/2001 9/27/2004 9/14/2007 4/25/2010 3/6/2011 4/16/2011 9/18/2012
F0 F4
0
0
$0
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
2
105
$250,000,000
F1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0
$0 $0
F0 F0
$10,000
F1
26
$3,000,000
Cary
F0 F0 F2 F0 F0 F0
0 0
$50,000
Holly Springs
$0
Garner Raleigh
2
$650,000
0 0 0 0 0
$15,000
Cary Apex
$0 $0 $0
Garner
EF0 EF0 EF0 EF3 EF0 EF0 EF0 EF1 EF2 EF0
Rockton Rolesville
$250,000 $100,000
$25,000
1
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Burt
4
67
$115,000,000
Zebulon
0 0 0 0 0 0 6
0 0 0 0 0 0
$0
South Raleigh Airport 3/29/2014
$8,000 $5,000
Williams Crossroads
3/29/2014 4/15/2018 5/13/2019 7/23/2019
Knightdale Knightdale
$150,000
$1,000,000
Willow Springs
$50,000
Total
201
$ 370,288,000
$25,000
Source: NCEI
Specific incidents with some level of impact include:
March 20, 1998 – a cell of tornadoes broke out during the 6 pm hour, with a tornado each in Holly Springs, Garner and Raleigh. In Garner, several trees fell on homes and outbuildings. The tornado touched down of Highway 70 near a church; the roof of one section was taken off and the steeple was blown off the chapel. The debris from the church took out windows at a car lot across the street. A block away, the wind removed several large siding sheets from a business. The storm caused two direct injuries and $650,000 in damages. The storm produced another tornado six miles to the northeast on the east side of Raleigh. Damage began just off US64 at Wake Medical Center and the Tower Shopping Center. Cars were overturned, trees were damaged and a steal-beamed billboard was twisted. The tornado then crossed the highway where it lifted the roof off the business office of a tree nursery, damaged two sheds and destroyed five greenhouses. Insulation and debris was strewn up in the trees well away from the tornado’s path. November 28, 1988 – A powerful tornado touched down in Umstead State Park in the northwest part of Raleigh, three miles southeast of the center of Raleigh-Durham Airport. The tornado tracked across one of the most densely populated parts of the City of Raleigh, destroying hundreds of homes and damaging thousands of others. Two people were killed in Raleigh. The strongest damage, mostly F3 with some very
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