10/13/2026
Isaias did a number, as a regional tornado outbreak worked through the Carolinas this weekend.
Here are the facts:
- SC averaged only 47 October tornadoes in 76 years. Isaias added 6 in two days, about one-eighth of SC’s entire October history.
- NC had 10 in one afternoon, about a third of a normal year.
- Sunday’s 11 Carolina tornadoes tie for the third-most on any October day since 1950. The record is 13, set twice in October 2017: Oct. 8 (Nate) and Oct. 23. The pending surveys could tie it.
Surveys are still pending in Harnett County and western Wake County, so this number is likely to rise further.