Beaufort County tornado history

40 tornadoes touched Beaufort County, North Carolina between 1950 and 2025 — about 0.5 a year. The strongest was rated EF3 (Apr 25, 2014). Tornadoes here killed 1 and injured 46 people.

40tornadoes since 1950

EF3strongest rating

1killed · 46 injured

44.4 milongest path · 1971

(E)F0(E)F1(E)F2(E)F3(E)F4(E)F5· dots = start point only

By rating

(E)F013

(E)F114

(E)F211

(E)F31

(E)F40

(E)F50

unrated1

By month

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Peak month: April.

By decade

’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20

Strongest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Path	Width	Injured	Killed
Apr 25, 2014	EF3	21 mi	350 yd	16	0
Apr 27, 1973	F2	0.5 mi	123 yd	1	1
May 13, 1971	F2	44.4 mi	300 yd	0	0
Mar 14, 1975	F2	32.6 mi	100 yd	20	0
May 17, 1963	F2	8.9 mi	50 yd	2	0
Apr 7, 2014	EF2	4.7 mi	300 yd	5	0
Oct 11, 2002	F2	3 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 16, 1953	F2	2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 24, 1968	F2	2 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1968	F2	1 mi	27 yd	0	0
Oct 8, 1996	F2	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 27, 1960	F2	0.1 mi	10 yd	1	0

Most recent tornadoes

Date	Rating	Path	Width	Injured
Jan 4, 2023	EF1	0.3 mi	125 yd	0
Sep 30, 2022	unrated	0.7 mi	12 yd	0
Aug 3, 2020	EF1	0.2 mi	70 yd	0
Aug 3, 2020	EF1	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
Aug 3, 2020	EF1	0.7 mi	180 yd	0
Apr 13, 2020	EF0	0.3 mi	29 yd	0
Apr 25, 2014	EF3	21 mi	350 yd	16
Apr 7, 2014	EF2	4.7 mi	300 yd	5
Aug 26, 2011	EF1	4.4 mi	75 yd	0
Apr 28, 2011	EF0	0.3 mi	30 yd	0
Apr 16, 2011	EF0	0.6 mi	30 yd	0
Jul 17, 2009	EF0	0.5 mi	20 yd	0

Deadliest: Apr 27, 1973, F2, 1 killed.

Nearby counties

Pamlico County, NC17 Craven County, NC40 Washington County, NC13 Martin County, NC21 Pitt County, NC33 Hyde County, NC21 Bertie County, NC30 Jones County, NC23

Questions

How many tornadoes has Beaufort County, North Carolina had?

40 tornadoes touched Beaufort County, North Carolina between 1950 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database — about 0.5 per year.

What was the strongest tornado in Beaufort County?

The strongest rating recorded was EF3 on Apr 25, 2014, with a 21-mile path.

When is tornado season in Beaufort County?

Most of its tornadoes happened in April (13 of 40). Tornadoes can occur in any month, so keep alerts on year-round.

Right now: live tornado warnings map · alerts for your location. Dates link to that day’s full storm reports where available (2004 onward).