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Tornado outbreak — Carolinas, Oct 11, 2026

Ended · Oct 11Oct 11, 2026

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Tornado outbreak — Carolinas, Oct 11, 2026, 5:05 AM EDT Sun, Oct 11 – 4:35 PM EDT Sun, Oct 11: NOAA MRMS radar over GOES satellite cloud tops; outlines: NWS warnings in effect (tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood emergency); ▲ tornado reports of the last hour (preliminary). Colors: cloud-top temperature; radar where in range warm → cold

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30Tornado warnings

5Severe thunderstorm warnings

24Tornado reports (preliminary)

4NWS offices

Summary

4 National Weather Service offices issued 30 tornado warnings and 5 severe thunderstorm warnings between 6:05 AM EDT Sun, Oct 11 and 3:38 PM EDT Sun, Oct 11, 2026, across North Carolina and South Carolina.

The most tornado warnings in any 12 hours: 30.

Preliminary local storm reports near these warnings: 24 tornado reports, 36 damaging wind or gust reports, 0 hail reports. Reports are preliminary: NWS damage surveys confirm tornadoes and their ratings later.

Warnings issued per hour (EDT): ■ tornado · ■ severe thunderstorm. Peak 8 in one hour.

About this page

Created automatically when NWS warnings crossed our thresholds (30 tornado warnings in 12 h) and built only from National Weather Service warnings and local storm reports (via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive), the Storm Prediction Center's Day 1 outlook, NOAA MRMS radar and GOES satellite imagery. "Tornado outbreak — Carolinas" is our descriptive title, not an official name. Times are EDT.