Survey crews with the National Weather Service office evaluated damage from what was a strong EF-1 tornado that impacted eastern Carteret County on Tuesday. At 8:45 a.m., a tornado warning was issued for the area. That’s when reports of damage and sightings of a tornado touching down came into the National Weather Service office in Newport. Lead forecaster Jim Merrill says numerous trees are down on power lines along highway 70 and power lines were knocked down in Beaufort on Front Street.
“On radar, we had one good signature go across the eastern part of the county down towards Stacy and Davis around 9am. Then, the activity in Beaufort that came in a little later was more with like straight line winds.”
The tornado, with winds of 110 miles per hour, was on the ground for a total of 10 minutes. It destroyed Luther Lewis Crab Company on Highway 70 in Davis before moving into farm land. No injuries were reported.
