Tornado History Map

Granville County, North Carolina tornado history

10 tornadoes recorded in or across Granville 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 Granville County

The Storm Prediction Center records 10 tornadoes whose paths touched Granville County, North Carolina between 1952 and 2017. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is March, with 2 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 24 February 2016. The most recent was on 5 May 2017.

  • 10tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 3injuries
  • 188per 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 Granville County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0110%
F1 / EF1440%
F2 / EF2550%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Granville County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in 1990s.1950s21980s21990s32010s3

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

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1980s2
1990s3
2010s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 2 in Mar.Jan0Feb1Mar2Apr0May2Jun0Jul0Aug1Sep1Oct2Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr0
May2
Jun0
Jul0
Aug1
Sep1
Oct2
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Granville County

  • Strongest and Longest path: North Carolina tornado24 February 2016, EF2, 5.1 miles long
  • Most recent: North Carolina tornado5 May 2017, EF1, 1 mile 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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