Tornado History Map

Alamance County, North Carolina tornado history

14 tornadoes recorded in or across Alamance County from 1967 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Alamance County

The Storm Prediction Center records 14 tornadoes whose paths touched Alamance County, North Carolina between 1967 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is March, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF1 on 16 April 2011. The most recent was on 6 July 2025.

  • 14tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 331per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Alamance County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0321%
F1 / EF11179%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Alamance County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2020s.1960s11970s31980s11990s22000s12010s12020s5

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1970s3
1980s1
1990s2
2000s1
2010s1
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Mar.Jan0Feb0Mar4Apr2May4Jun0Jul3Aug0Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr2
May4
Jun0
Jul3
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Alamance County

  • Strongest and Longest path: North Carolina tornado16 April 2011, EF1, 10.7 miles long
  • Most recent: North Carolina tornado6 July 2025, EF1, 0.6 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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