SECTION 4: RISK ASSESSMENT
Table 4.73 – Recorded Tornadoes in Wake County, 1988-2017
Location
Date
Time
Magnitude Deaths Injuries
Property Damage
Crop Damage
Wake Co.
3/26/1988
1955
F0
0
0
$0
$0
Wake Co.
11/28/1988 0
F4
2
105
$250,000,000
$0
Wake Co.
10/23/1990 218
F1
0
0
$0
$0
Raleigh
3/27/1993
1605
F0
0
0
$0
$0
Wendell
4/15/1996
1708
F0
0
0
$10,000
$0
Wendell
4/15/1996
1725
F1
0
26
$3,000,000
$0
Cary
7/12/1996
1325
F0
0
0
$50,000
$0
Holly Springs Garner
3/20/1998
1815
F0
0
0
$0
$0
3/20/1998
1840
F2
0
2
$650,000
$0
Raleigh
3/20/1998
1845
F0
0
0
$15,000
$0
Cary
6/1/2001
1300
F0
0
0
$0
$0
Apex
9/27/2004
1830
F0
0
0
$0
$0
Garner
9/14/2007
1825
EF0
0
0
$0
$0
Rockton
4/25/2010
1859
EF0
0
0
$250,000
$25,000
Rolesville
3/6/2011
1710
EF0
0
1
$100,000
$0
Burt
4/16/2011
1427
EF3
4
67
$115,000,000
$0
Zebulon South Raleigh Airport
9/18/2012
1438
EF0
0
0
$0
$0
3/29/2014
1957
EF0
0
0
$8,000
$0
Williams Crossroads
3/29/2014
2008
EF0
0
0
$5,000
$0
Total
6
201
$369,088,000
$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. April 25, 2010 – a storm produced a weak EF0 tornado near Zebulon in eastern Wake County. The tornado damaged buildings on its way east, where it caused minor damage to several businesses and vehicles in the Triangle East Center. The storm was responsible for $250,000 in property damage and $25,000 in crop damage.
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