Roanoke Rapids Micro Area Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
The chance of earthquake damage in Roanoke Rapids Area is about the same as North Carolina average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Roanoke Rapids Area is about the same as North Carolina average and is lower than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #640
| Roanoke Rapids Area | 0.01 |
| North Carolina | 0.18 |
| U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #129
| Roanoke Rapids Area | 0.0000 |
| North Carolina | 0.0000 |
| U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #552
| Roanoke Rapids Area | 118.61 |
| North Carolina | 115.21 |
| U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 10,572 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Roanoke Rapids Area were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
| Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
| Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 1 | Cold: | 52 | Dense Fog: | 13 | Drought: | 84 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 944 | Hail: | 2,853 | Heat: | 26 | Heavy Snow: | 136 |
| High Surf: | 2 | Hurricane: | 30 | Ice Storm: | 48 | Landslide: | 3 | Strong Wind: | 218 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 5,123 | Tropical Storm: | 20 | Wildfire: | 3 | Winter Storm: | 205 | Winter Weather: | 207 |
| Other: | 604 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Roanoke Rapids Area.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Roanoke Rapids Area.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Roanoke Rapids Area.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 44 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Roanoke Rapids Area.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 6.2 | 1988-11-28 | 4 | 36°21'N / 77°34'W | 36°27'N / 77°25'W | 10.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Northampton |
| 8.9 | 1988-11-28 | 4 | 36°12'N / 77°49'W | 36°21'N / 77°34'W | 22.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 10 | 2.5M | 0 | Halifax |
| 10.1 | 1981-09-15 | 2 | 36°28'N / 77°33'W | 1.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Northampton | |
| 10.8 | 1979-04-03 | 2 | 36°12'N / 77°40'W | 0.80 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Halifax | |
| 12.5 | 1952-07-23 | 2 | 36°15'N / 77°45'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Halifax | |||
| 15.3 | 1989-03-30 | 2 | 36°22'N / 77°28'W | 36°29'N / 77°08'W | 22.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 11 | 2.5M | 0 | Northampton |
| 19.8 | 1988-11-28 | 2 | 36°30'N / 77°19'W | 36°33'N / 77°16'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Northampton |
| 21.1 | 1953-05-02 | 2 | 36°37'N / 77°38'W | 2.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Emporia | |
| 22.3 | 1952-05-10 | 2 | 36°06'N / 77°15'W | 0 | 6 | 0K | 0 | Bertie | |||
| 24.3 | 1984-03-28 | 3 | 36°08'N / 77°12'W | 36°12'N / 77°06'W | 6.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 6 | 19 | 2.5M | 0 | Bertie |
| 25.1 | 1988-11-28 | 4 | 36°06'N / 78°04'W | 36°12'N / 77°49'W | 10.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 2 | 22 | 2.5M | 0 | Nash |
| 25.4 | 1969-10-02 | 2 | 36°27'N / 78°00'W | 36°30'N / 77°55'W | 5.60 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Warren |
| 28.2 | 1992-11-23 | 3 | 35°58'N / 77°17'W | 36°01'N / 77°12'W | 11.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 9 | 250K | 0 | Martin |
| 29.4 | 2008-05-11 | 2 | 36°08'N / 77°11'W | 36°12'N / 76°55'W | 15.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 2 | 1.0M | 0K | Bertie |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Tornado first touched down about two miles north-northwest of Lewiston Woodville. The tornado path then continued east-northeast across the county producing EF0 to EF2 damage. The tornado path ended as EF0 damage about one mile south of Powellsville. Confirmed EF1 tornado damage about two miles north-northwest of Lewiston Woodville consisted of numerous trees downed on Route 308, and several trailer and brick homes damaged with some mobile homes destroyed near Piney Woods Road. Confirmed EF2 tornado damage about three miles north-northeast of Lewiston Woodville and five miles southwest of Connaritsa consisted of several mobile homes destroyed and a church demolished on Connaritsa Road. Confirmed EF1 tornado damage occurred again about four miles southwest of Powellsville. The damage was along Hexlena Road, with numerous trees downed or snapped off and extensive damage to a few mobile homes. The tornado damage ended about one mile south of Powellsville. Confirmed EF0 tornado damage occurred along Sally Freeman Road, where a porch attached to a mobile home, was demolished. Also, several trees were snapped off. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Scattered severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds, large hail and one tornado across portions of northeast North Carolina. | |||||||||||
| 29.7 | 1992-11-23 | 3 | 35°49'N / 77°43'W | 35°58'N / 77°17'W | 24.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Edgecombe |
| 30.3 | 1984-03-28 | 2 | 35°57'N / 77°50'W | 2.00 Miles | 177 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Nash | |
| 31.5 | 1984-03-28 | 2 | 36°14'N / 77°00'W | 36°16'N / 76°58'W | 3.00 Miles | 527 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25.0M | 0 | Bertie |
| 32.1 | 1983-05-16 | 2 | 36°20'N / 76°58'W | 2.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Hertford | |
| 33.1 | 1981-03-30 | 2 | 36°30'N / 77°04'W | 36°32'N / 76°56'W | 7.70 Miles | 83 Yards | 1 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Hertford |
| 34.5 | 1984-03-28 | 2 | 36°16'N / 76°58'W | 36°18'N / 76°53'W | 2.00 Miles | 527 Yards | 0 | 5 | 25.0M | 0 | Hertford |
| 34.9 | 1966-11-02 | 2 | 36°15'N / 78°11'W | 36°18'N / 78°09'W | 3.80 Miles | 77 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Warren |
| 35.0 | 1957-11-08 | 3 | 35°51'N / 77°18'W | 36°00'N / 77°00'W | 19.70 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Bertie |
| 35.7 | 1955-06-11 | 2 | 35°46'N / 77°31'W | 35°53'N / 77°12'W | 19.40 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Pitt |
| 36.6 | 1992-11-23 | 3 | 36°01'N / 77°12'W | 36°12'N / 76°41'W | 31.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Bertie |
| 36.7 | 1957-11-08 | 3 | 35°44'N / 77°40'W | 35°51'N / 77°18'W | 22.10 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 3 | 250K | 0 | Edgecombe |
| 37.2 | 1986-10-14 | 3 | 36°47'N / 77°46'W | 36°54'N / 77°40'W | 12.00 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Brunswick |
| 38.6 | 1966-11-02 | 2 | 36°43'N / 78°02'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Brunswick | |
| 39.8 | 1978-06-03 | 2 | 36°00'N / 76°57'W | 0.80 Mile | 83 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Bertie | |
| 39.8 | 1953-03-15 | 3 | 35°45'N / 77°44'W | 35°45'N / 77°34'W | 9.20 Miles | 27 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Edgecombe |
| 40.7 | 2008-11-15 | 3 | 35°45'N / 77°55'W | 35°50'N / 77°49'W | 8.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 1 | 4 | 1.0M | 200K | Wilson |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado occurred along a discontinuous, approximately eight-mile path that began with minor roof damage to a dwelling and a snapped tree along Harrison drive just south of Ward Boulevard. The most significant damage was then noted to the northeast, along London Church Road, south of Route 1330. On London Church Road, one home was completely destroyed and swept off of its foundation. Based on eyewitness accounts and the damage, fire and rescue estimate the home rolled as many as four times. In this home, there was unfortunately one fatality and two injuries. Across the road from this home to the northeast, the upper portion of a home was destroyed, and another home had a roof completely blown away with trees on top of it. In this latter home, eyewitness accounts noted there were two more injuries, conditions unknown. The tornado then followed a discontinuous path into Elm City. There were numerous indications of tree damage in elm city with a porch roof blown off, and outbuildings damaged or toppled. Finally, the last noticeable damage was observed along route 1400, and just north of the intersection of Hefner Road and Route 1402, where small clusters of trees were snapped and outbuildings were damaged. The damage in and northeast of Elm City was consistent with EF-0 damage. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Two mini-supercells tracked northeast along a warm front during the early morning hours of the 15th. The two supercells spawned several tornadoes in Samspon, Johnston, and Wilson counties, two of which resulted in two fatalities. | |||||||||||
| 41.7 | 1981-02-11 | 2 | 35°56'N / 78°09'W | 35°57'N / 78°06'W | 3.30 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Nash |
| 42.7 | 1957-11-08 | 3 | 35°42'N / 77°45'W | 35°44'N / 77°40'W | 5.10 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Wilson |
| 42.9 | 2008-05-09 | 2 | 36°12'N / 76°49'W | 36°14'N / 76°45'W | 4.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 50K | 0K | Bertie |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Tornado touched down on Buncomb Road about three miles west of Colerain in northeast Bertie county. Barns were damaged on Harrell Road, and a barn was destroyed on Glovers Cross Road. Trees were downed on Route 45 just south of the Hertford/Bertie county line. The tornado then tracked into Hertford county. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds and two tornadoes across portions of northeast North Carolina. | |||||||||||
| 44.0 | 1981-03-30 | 2 | 36°32'N / 76°56'W | 36°35'N / 76°41'W | 14.20 Miles | 83 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Suffolk (c) |
| 44.2 | 1988-11-28 | 2 | 36°44'N / 76°57'W | 36°44'N / 76°55'W | 2.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Southampton |
| 44.4 | 1953-03-15 | 3 | 35°45'N / 78°05'W | 35°45'N / 77°44'W | 19.60 Miles | 27 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Wilson |
| 44.5 | 1988-11-28 | 4 | 35°58'N / 78°27'W | 36°06'N / 78°04'W | 21.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 17 | 25.0M | 0 | Franklin |
| 44.7 | 1966-11-02 | 2 | 36°00'N / 78°26'W | 36°15'N / 78°11'W | 22.20 Miles | 77 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Franklin |
| 45.7 | 1992-11-23 | 3 | 35°38'N / 78°05'W | 35°49'N / 77°43'W | 25.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Wilson |
| 46.2 | 1978-04-19 | 3 | 36°53'N / 77°34'W | 37°02'N / 77°01'W | 32.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 3 | 250K | 0 | Sussex |
| 46.2 | 1954-09-20 | 2 | 35°43'N / 77°54'W | 0.50 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 4 | 250K | 0 | Wilson | |
| 46.2 | 2008-05-09 | 2 | 36°14'N / 76°45'W | 36°16'N / 76°41'W | 5.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 50K | 0K | Hertford |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Tornado tracked into Hertford county from Bertie county. Roofs were blown off of two homes, and numerous trees were downed. The tornado then tracked into Chowan county. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds and two tornadoes across portions of northeast North Carolina. | |||||||||||
| 47.4 | 1986-10-14 | 2 | 36°58'N / 77°22'W | 37°01'N / 77°22'W | 2.10 Miles | 450 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Sussex |
| 49.5 | 1953-03-15 | 3 | 35°46'N / 78°06'W | 35°45'N / 78°05'W | 1.30 Miles | 27 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Nash |
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.