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Duration | August 3–4, 2020 |
Tornado outbreak | |
Tornadoes | 39[1] |
Maximum rating | EF3 tornado |
Highest winds | 140–145 mph (225–233 km/h) EF3 tornado in Windsor, North Carolina. |
Overall effects | |
Fatalities | 2 |
Injuries | 26[note 1] |
Damage | >$18.9 million (2020 USD)[2] |
Areas affected | East Coast of the United States |
Part of the tornado outbreaks of 2020 |
As Hurricane Isaias moved up the East Coast of the United States, a damaging outbreak of 39 tornadoes impacted areas from South Carolina to Connecticut between August 3–4, 2020. The most significant tornado of the outbreak was a large and intense EF3 tornado that obliterated a mobile home park near Windsor, North Carolina, killing two and injuring 14. This was the strongest tornado in the United States to be spawned by a tropical cyclone since 2005. In the end, the outbreak killed two and injured 26.
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