Hurricane Isaias tornado outbreak

Hurricane Isaias tornado outbreak
	Map of tornadoes and tornado warnings associated with Isaias in the U.S.
Type	Tornado outbreak
Duration	August 3–4, 2020
Highest winds	140–145 mph (225–233 km/h); EF3 tornado in Windsor, North Carolina.;
Tornadoes; confirmed	39
Max. rating1	EF3 tornado
Fatalities	2 fatalities, 26 injuries
Damage	>$18.9 million (2020 USD)
Areas affected	East Coast of the United States
	Part of the tornado outbreaks of 2020; 1Most severe tornado damage; see Enhanced Fujita scale

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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