Hail, Robeson
- When
- March 17, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -79.280
Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 17, 1965
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 2
- Injuries
- 85
- Property damage
- $7.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Robeson
- When
- March 17, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -79.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Durham
- When
- March 17, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Durham County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -78.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Edgecombe
- When
- March 17, 6:34 PM CST
- Where
- Edgecombe County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -77.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Carteret
- When
- March 17, 8:22 PM CST
- Where
- Carteret County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -76.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- March 17, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -78.900
Tornado, Jones
- When
- March 17, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -77.220
Tornado, Craven
- When
- March 17, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Craven County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 9.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 40 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -77.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Craven
- When
- March 17, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Craven County
- Measured
- 85 kt (98 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -77.000
Tornado, Pamlico
- When
- March 17, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pamlico County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 24 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 40 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -76.950
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Jones | 1965-03-17 | Direct | |||
| Tornado, Pamlico | 1965-03-17 | Direct |
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 and Hail in Alabama, March 17, 1965
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 17, 1965
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 17, 1965
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, March 17, 1965
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 17, 1965
- Tornado in Ohio, March 17, 1965
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 17, 1965
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 17, 1965
- Damaging Winds in Texas, March 17, 1965
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 17, 1965
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1965Every state in 1965This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 1965
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: 10078003, 10078004, 10078005, 10078006, 10078007, 10078008, 10078009, 10078010, 10078011, 10078012.