Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EFU
-- Length 0.25 Miles
-- Width 50 Yards
State NORTH CAROLINA
County/Area MARTIN
WFO MHX
Report Source Trained Spotter
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2025-05-05 16:18 EST-5
Begin Location 2SSW JAMESVILLE
Begin Lat/Lon 35.79/-76.92
End Date 2025-05-05 16:18 EST-5
End Location 2SSW JAMESVILLE
End Lat/Lon 35.79/-76.92
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage
Crop Damage
Episode Narrative Scattered showers and thunderstorms moved along a stationary boundary through the Coastal Plain counties of Eastern NC during the late afternoon into early evening. Several storms became severe and produced large hail, damaging wind, and an isolated tornado.
Event Narrative Late in the afternoon, a supercell thunderstorm moved into southeast Martin County before moving northeastward through Martin and far western Washington Counties. As the thunderstorm moved through Martin County, a tornado touched down in an open field southwest of Jamesville. In this area, a trained storm spotter captured the touchdown with a drone. The drone footage shows a well-defined low-level mesocyclone and a loosely-organized condensation funnel that touched the ground. The supercell thunderstorm then moved northeast through Jamesville and into far western Washington County. Here there were numerous reports of funnel clouds relayed to the National Weather Service via the county 911 center. It is unknown whether the tornado touched down at any additional point after the initial touchdown report. Radar data showed strengthening low-level rotation after the initial report, suggesting a high likelihood of additional brief touchdowns. However, there isn't conclusive evidence of additional touchdowns, and no damage has been reported at any point along the supercell's path.
On rare occasions, it is impossible to rate the strength of a confirmed tornado because this is little to no damage evidence. As of this afternoon(Tuesday May 6th, 2025), this tornado has not produced any confirmed damage therefore per Directive: 10-1605, this tornado has a rating of EF-U. The start coordinates were estimated by radar.


    

Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.


All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MC GOWANS XRDS PITT CO. NC 05/05/2025 14:27 EST-5 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SHELMERDINE PITT CO. NC 05/05/2025 14:38 EST-5 Hail 1.25 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
GRIMESLAND PITT CO. NC 05/05/2025 14:52 EST-5 Hail 1.50 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
GRIMESLAND PITT CO. NC 05/05/2025 14:52 EST-5 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
GRIMESLAND PITT CO. NC 05/05/2025 14:56 EST-5 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WHARTON BEAUFORT CO. NC 05/05/2025 15:06 EST-5 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
JAMESVILLE MARTIN CO. NC 05/05/2025 16:18 EST-5 Tornado EFU 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 0.00K 0.00K