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Tabor City, NC Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
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The chance of earthquake damage in Tabor City is about the same as North Carolina average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Tabor City is higher than North Carolina average and is about the same as the national average.
Earthquake Index, #575
| Tabor City, NC | 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, #1
| Tabor City, NC | 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, #364
| Tabor City, NC | 129.04 |
| 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 2,288 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Tabor City, NC 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: | 0 | Cold: | 3 | Dense Fog: | 1 | Drought: | 11 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 144 | Hail: | 816 | Heat: | 2 | Heavy Snow: | 7 |
| High Surf: | 2 | Hurricane: | 7 | Ice Storm: | 5 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 14 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 1,075 | Tropical Storm: | 7 | Wildfire: | 2 | Winter Storm: | 7 | Winter Weather: | 4 |
| Other: | 181 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Tabor City, NC.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Tabor City, NC.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Tabor City, NC.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 41 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Tabor City, NC.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 2.7 | 1967-12-01 | 2 | 34°08'N / 78°51'W | 34°10'N / 78°48'W | 3.80 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Columbus |
| 4.0 | 1967-12-01 | 2 | 34°09'N / 79°02'W | 34°08'N / 78°51'W | 10.50 Miles | 93 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Horry |
| 4.9 | 1984-03-28 | 2 | 34°09'N / 78°53'W | 34°15'N / 78°44'W | 9.00 Miles | 353 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Columbus |
| 5.0 | 1984-03-28 | 2 | 34°03'N / 78°59'W | 34°09'N / 78°53'W | 7.00 Miles | 353 Yards | 0 | 8 | 250K | 0 | Horry |
| 5.9 | 1968-12-07 | 2 | 34°05'N / 78°56'W | 0.30 Mile | 13 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Horry | |
| 14.7 | 1982-06-10 | 2 | 34°11'N / 79°10'W | 34°12'N / 79°05'W | 3.00 Miles | 133 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Horry |
| 15.6 | 1950-10-09 | 3 | 34°10'N / 78°36'W | 2.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 3 | 250K | 0 | Columbus | |
| 17.1 | 1985-06-02 | 2 | 33°56'N / 79°02'W | 33°55'N / 78°57'W | 5.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Horry |
| 17.5 | 1983-06-07 | 2 | 34°22'N / 78°51'W | 34°26'N / 78°46'W | 6.00 Miles | 450 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Columbus |
| 18.9 | 1982-06-10 | 2 | 34°11'N / 79°14'W | 34°11'N / 79°10'W | 3.00 Miles | 133 Yards | 0 | 16 | 2.5M | 0 | Marion |
| 20.0 | 1965-05-12 | 2 | 33°50'N / 79°03'W | 33°54'N / 78°48'W | 15.00 Miles | 40 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Horry |
| 20.0 | 1965-10-07 | 2 | 34°00'N / 79°12'W | 34°01'N / 79°09'W | 3.30 Miles | 80 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Horry |
| 23.4 | 1967-11-24 | 3 | 33°56'N / 79°13'W | 33°57'N / 79°10'W | 3.30 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Horry |
| 25.0 | 1965-08-17 | 3 | 33°50'N / 78°40'W | 0.30 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 46 | 250K | 0 | Horry | |
| 26.0 | 1979-09-04 | 2 | 33°49'N / 78°40'W | 1.00 Mile | 97 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Horry | |
| 26.0 | 1962-02-22 | 2 | 34°11'N / 79°24'W | 34°12'N / 79°15'W | 8.70 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Marion |
| 26.2 | 2009-04-06 | 2 | 34°26'N / 78°35'W | 34°27'N / 78°34'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 300K | 0K | Bladen |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A National Weather Service Storm Survey concluded an EF-2 tornado with winds up to 115 mph occurred near Clarkton, North Carolina. The tornado initially touched down on Farmers Union Road about 0.3 miles south of Porterville School Road. Significant damage occurred to four homes in this area, including one which was pushed approximately 20 feet off its foundation. A storage trailer weighing more than 8500 pounds was blown approximately 40 feet and flipped upside down as it rotated 180 degrees. A full-size pickup truck was blown 15 feet across a yard and a 12 x 12 feet structure was completely destroyed. Damage in this area was rated as EF-2 with winds up to 115 mph. The width of the damage path in this area was approximately 100 yards. The tornado briefly weakened as it tracked to the northeast. Numerous 12-18 inch diameter treetops were snapped and a few trees up to 18 inches in diameter were uprooted as the tornado approached Chancey Road. Two homes on Chancey Road suffered EF-0 damage primarily to roofs and windows. The tornado continued to the northeast across mainly woods and farmland where spotty EF-0 damage was confined to trees. The tornado strengthened once again as it crossed Baer Mill Road and caused damage to two homes. The front porch of one home was destroyed and the roof covering material on the windward side of the structure was stripped. The wind penetrated the second story of the home and blew out two upstairs windows. Numerous large trees up to two feet in diameter were snapped off or uprooted. One wooden storage shed was completely destroyed. Damage in this area was rated as EF-2 with wind speeds estimated to 115 mph. The width of the damage path was approximately 60 yards at this location. The tornado weakened as it moved northeast from Baer Mill Drive. Spotty minor tree damage was observed between Baer Mill Drive and Susie Baldwin Road. There were injuries or fatalities. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A strong cold front moved across the area during the morning. Ahead of the front, moderate instability and favorable shear supported the development of severe weather including tornadoes. | |||||||||||
| 27.6 | 1961-06-21 | 2 | 34°11'N / 79°24'W | 34°14'N / 79°18'W | 6.80 Miles | 167 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Marion |
| 28.7 | 1963-09-29 | 2 | 34°25'N / 79°22'W | 34°28'N / 79°06'W | 15.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 3 | 12 | 2.5M | 0 | Dillon |
| 29.1 | 1979-03-23 | 2 | 34°33'N / 79°03'W | 34°35'N / 78°53'W | 9.80 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 9 | 250K | 0 | Robeson |
| 29.5 | 2009-03-28 | 2 | 34°32'N / 78°40'W | 34°33'N / 78°39'W | 2.00 Miles | 40 Yards | 0 | 0 | 200K | 0K | Bladen |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A National Weather Service Storm Survey confirmed an EF-2 Tornado with winds up to 115 mph about 4 miles north of Clarkton, North Carolina. The tornado first touched down at a farm along N Mitchell Ford Road. It flipped a silo and damaged a storage building that collapsed onto farm equipment. As the tornado moved north-northeast, just west of N Mitchell Ford Road, it caused minor damage to a house and shed and downed four trees. The tornado emerged from the woods near a house causing minor roof damage, then intensified from an EF-0 Tornado to an EF-2 Tornado as it impacted a house along Twisted Hickory Road. The tornado completely destroyed a cinder-block storage and farm building and sent cinder-blocks into the nearby house, causing considerable damage to the walls and roof. The back of the house lifted off the foundation causing it to buckle. The roof over the porch was completely gone. Debris from this location, which included among many other items, a washing machine, lawn mower and couch was found four hundred yards away from the house. The family took shelter under a stairway and was not harmed. The tornado continued to impact properties on the east side of Twisted Hickory Road and caused minor roof damage to three other homes and knocked down a couple dozen trees. The tornado weakened as it moved north-northeast toward Britt Road, just east of the intersection of Britt Road and Twisted Hickory Road. The tornado lifted just north of Britt Road as it moved toward a swampy area. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A mesoscale convective vortex moved to the northeast and across the area during the evening. Deep moisture and higher dewpoints were aligned ahead of a pre-frontal trough and surface low pressure in eastern South Carolina. | |||||||||||
| 30.2 | 2008-11-15 | 2 | 34°24'N / 79°19'W | 34°24'N / 79°18'W | 1.00 Mile | 40 Yards | 0 | 0 | 325K | 0K | Dillon |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A National Weather Service Storm Survey concluded a tornado first touched down approximately 200 yards south of Dogwood Lakes Road at 1250 AM EST. Large pine trees were snapped and a mobile home rolled about 20 yards before completely disintegrating. It is unknown how well the mobile home was attached to its foundation. A truck was flipped in a church parking lot on Goings Drive. No injuries were reported. The damage was indicative of winds of 110 to 120 mph, EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The path width was approximately 40 yards. The tornado touched down for a second time resulting in near total roof failure and some damage to the exterior walls of a brick home on Pee Dee Church Road near Andre Drive. No injuries were reported. Lesser tree damage and minor structural damage was noted from this point to the north-northeast for one half to three quarters of a mile as the tornado weakened and/or slightly lifted from the ground. Damage then became more significant as the tornado struck another brick home on the corner of Cornelius Place and Dillon Highway. Total roof failure and minor failure of exterior walls was evident. No injuries were reported. The damage was indicative of winds of 110 to 120 mph, EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The tornado then continued north-northeast through a large wooded area. Given the extent of tree damage, winds were estimated to 100 mph. The tornado then intensified as it hit a brick home on Appleton Court. Total roof damage and more significant failure of the external walls was evident. The three occupants were not injured. The damage was indicative of winds of 120 to 135 mph, the high end of EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The path width was about 30 yards. The tornado completely dissipated about 200 yards north of Appleton Court at 1253 AM EST. The Emergency Manager from Dillon County reported ten homes were damaged and two others were destroyed. Seven mobile homes were damaged and three others were destroyed. Three churches were damaged. Five barns were damaged and two others were destroyed. Three cars were damaged and three others were destroyed. The total damage was estimated at $325,000 dollars. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A mid-level short wave lifted to the northeast and slowly weakened with time. A warm front, lifting to the northwest, moved across the area during the evening. High wind shear and deep moisture was in place as upstream supercell thunderstorms reached the Interstate-95 corridor around midnight. | |||||||||||
| 30.9 | 1955-08-10 | 2 | 34°22'N / 79°26'W | 34°20'N / 79°17'W | 8.80 Miles | 77 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Dillon |
| 31.2 | 2001-07-06 | 2 | 33°42'N / 78°53'W | 33°42'N / 78°53'W | 4.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 39 | 8.0M | 0 | Horry |
| Brief Description: As a weak cold front moved south into an afternoon sea breeze boundary, slow-moving thunderstorms developed along the Horry county coast. An F0 tornado briefly touched down at 9th Ave N near the Myrtle Beach Pavilion, and soon after a waterspout formed just off the beach near 3rd Ave N. It slightly damaged the 2nd Ave N pier and then moved over the beach as it developed more strongly, causing F2 damage - overturned buses and extensive damage to vehicles and hotels along the beach to about 4nd Ave S. Moving off the beach again, the waterspout continued south about 100 yards from the shore until it came ashore between 28th Ave S and Springmaid Pier...causing a 66 knot gust over water at the Springmaid Pier anemometer. As it moved through the Seagate RV park, it did F1 damage - destroyed 10 RVs and damaged 40 more. Weakening further, the tornado crossed US Hwy Business 17 onto Myrtle Beach International Airport, doing F0 damage to trees and structures. | |||||||||||
| 31.7 | 1963-07-19 | 2 | 34°36'N / 79°00'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Robeson | |||
| 32.2 | 1964-10-04 | 2 | 34°18'N / 78°54'W | 34°40'N / 78°03'W | 54.60 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Columbus |
| 34.8 | 1990-07-01 | 2 | 34°31'N / 78°27'W | 0.20 Mile | 30 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Bladen | |
| 37.1 | 1980-05-20 | 3 | 34°22'N / 79°33'W | 34°24'N / 79°22'W | 10.70 Miles | 517 Yards | 0 | 26 | 2.5M | 0 | Dillon |
| 39.2 | 2006-11-16 | 3 | 34°20'N / 78°14'W | 34°21'N / 78°13'W | 2.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 8 | 20 | 500K | 0K | Columbus |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Tornado touched down among manufactured homes just north of Old Lake Road and tracked across an area of more substantial homes and businesses along NC Highway 87. There were 13 homes (mobile and brick) destroyed and more than two dozen damaged. Damage was rated as F3 due to construction of structures that were damaged and destroyed - if structures were better constructed the damage may have been rated higher. The wind speed was estimated to be around 200 mph. As the tornado tracked north of NC Highway 87 toward the county line, the tree damage was rated as F1. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A fast moving tornadic thunderstorm moved ashore on the coast of Brunswick County. There was no damage found until the storm moved across extreme eastern Columbus County and then extreme western Pender County. The tornado produced F3 damage through Riegelwood and diminished to F1 intensity as it crossed a wooded area to the Cape Fear River and into Pender County. This was the second deadliest tornado to hit North Carolina in the last 50 years. | |||||||||||
| 39.3 | 1999-04-15 | 2 | 34°43'N / 78°47'W | 34°43'N / 78°47'W | 0.10 Mile | 30 Yards | 0 | 5 | 200K | 0 | Bladen |
| 39.6 | 1999-04-15 | 2 | 34°41'N / 79°08'W | 34°41'N / 79°08'W | 0.30 Mile | 25 Yards | 1 | 4 | 200K | 0 | Robeson |
| 40.5 | 1976-05-15 | 2 | 34°35'N / 79°17'W | 34°43'N / 79°13'W | 10.10 Miles | 33 Yards | 3 | 4 | 250K | 0 | Robeson |
| 41.1 | 1957-04-08 | 4 | 34°41'N / 79°12'W | 0.80 Mile | 150 Yards | 0 | 21 | 250K | 0 | Robeson | |
| 41.8 | 1981-05-27 | 2 | 34°01'N / 79°37'W | 34°04'N / 79°34'W | 4.70 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 6 | 25K | 0 | Florence |
| 44.5 | 1955-12-04 | 2 | 34°23'N / 79°36'W | 0.80 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Marlboro | |
| 46.3 | 1957-04-08 | 4 | 34°45'N / 79°18'W | 34°50'N / 78°56'W | 21.60 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 6 | 250K | 0 | Robeson |
| 48.2 | 1953-01-08 | 2 | 34°01'N / 79°46'W | 34°07'N / 79°39'W | 9.60 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Florence |
| 48.2 | 1984-03-28 | 3 | 34°50'N / 78°52'W | 34°52'N / 78°48'W | 4.00 Miles | 1407 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25.0M | 0 | Bladen |
| 49.4 | 1984-03-28 | 4 | 34°45'N / 79°22'W | 34°55'N / 78°55'W | 25.00 Miles | 2640 Yards | 2 | 280 | 2.5M | 0 | Robeson |
| 49.5 | 1984-03-28 | 4 | 34°40'N / 79°30'W | 34°41'N / 79°26'W | 3.00 Miles | 2113 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Scotland |
| 49.9 | 1984-03-28 | 4 | 34°40'N / 79°30'W | 34°45'N / 79°22'W | 8.00 Miles | 2640 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Scotland |
* 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.