NWS Confirms EF2 Tornado Struck Bonnie Doone, With a Second Twister Near Linden, North Carolina

The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF2 tornado tore through Bonnie Doone, North Carolina, and an EF1 tornado hit Linden, North Carolina, during the Oct. 11, 2026, tornado outbreak that struck the Carolinas, in damage-survey statements published Oct. 13, 2026.

NWS survey teams have confirmed several tornadoes from the same Oct. 11, 2026, outbreak, including an EF2 tornado that collapsed community center walls in Candor, North Carolina.

The Bonnie Doone tornado was rated EF2, with peak winds estimated at 115 mph, over a 5.30-mile path that reached 150 yards wide, the weather service said. The survey found the tornado was mostly EF0 to EF1 strength along most of its track, with a quarter-mile stretch reaching EF2. It tore roofing from commercial buildings, snapped utility poles and downed dozens of trees, and overturned about a dozen vehicles in a shopping-center parking lot, injuring one person.

A separate National Weather Service survey found the tornado that hit Linden, North Carolina, was an EF1, with peak winds of 105 mph along a 1.18-mile path up to 100 yards wide. The most significant damage was in a residential area, where high-end EF1 winds blew out roughly half the windows in several homes, pulled concrete-set fence posts from the ground and punctured exterior walls with flying timber; a carport was torn loose and thrown 30 to 50 yards. The survey recorded no injuries or fatalities.