Black Mountain Tornado…
Rating: EF0
Estimated Peak Wind: 85 mph
Path Length /statute/: 2.47 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 0 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Start Date: 05/09/2024
Start Time: 12:15 AM EDT
Start Location: 2 NW Black Mountain / Buncombe County / NC
Start Lat/Lon: 35.6423 / -82.3492
End Date: 05/09/2024
End Time: 12:18 AM EDT
End Location: 1 NE Black Mountain / Buncombe County / NC
End Lat/Lon: 35.6199 / -82.3177
Survey Summary:
This tornado touched down along North Fork Road where several trees were uprooted. The tornado moved southeast across Allen Mountain and across the Black Mountain Golf Course where additional trees were uprooted along with large limbs snapped.
The most concentrated damage occurred from Laurel Ave to just north of downtown Black Mountain where multiple trees were
uprooted along with numerous large limbs snapped. Several homes sustained damage from falling trees. A communications tower at the Black Mountain fire station was also toppled. The tornado
lifted along East State Street.
