Tornado History Map

Forsyth County, North Carolina tornado history

20 tornadoes recorded in or across Forsyth County from 1952 to 2017, 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 Forsyth County

The Storm Prediction Center records 20 tornadoes whose paths touched Forsyth County, North Carolina between 1952 and 2017. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 9 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 5 May 1989. The most recent was on 24 May 2017.

  • 20tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 71injuries
  • 490per 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 Forsyth County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0420%
F1 / EF1735%
F2 / EF2525%
F3 / EF3420%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Forsyth County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 1980s.1950s11960s11970s11980s91990s22000s42010s2

The 2010s only run to 2017, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s1
1970s1
1980s9
1990s2
2000s4
2010s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr1May9Jun2Jul2Aug1Sep1Oct1Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr1
May9
Jun2
Jul2
Aug1
Sep1
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Forsyth County

  • Strongest: North Carolina tornado5 May 1989, F3, 30 injuries, 10.5 miles long
  • Longest path: North Carolina tornado30 March 1960, F1, 56.2 miles long
  • Most recent: North Carolina tornado24 May 2017, EF2, 16.1 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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