Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- April 8, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -79.000
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 8, 1957
6 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 104
- Property damage
- $1.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
6 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Scotland
- When
- April 8, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Scotland County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 18 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -79.620
Tornado, Robeson
- When
- April 8, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 21.6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.750, -79.300
Tornado, Robeson
- When
- April 8, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 21 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -79.200
Tornado, Cumberland
- When
- April 8, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 20.7 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -78.930
Tornado, Duplin
- When
- April 8, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Duplin County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 29 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -78.080
Tornado, Sampson
- When
- April 8, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sampson County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 5.6 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Deaths
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 32 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -78.580
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 8, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, April 8, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 8, 1957
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, April 8, 1957
- Tornado in Nebraska, April 8, 1957
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, April 8, 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 8, 1957
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10075790, 10075791, 10075792, 10075793, 10075794, 10075795, 10075796.