Tornado, Sampson
- When
- April 18, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sampson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 21.3 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -78.500
Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, April 18, 1969
5 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $575,000
- 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
5 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Robeson
- When
- April 18, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -79.180
Tornado, Scotland
- When
- April 18, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Scotland County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 37.4 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -79.500
Tornado, Duplin
- When
- April 18, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Duplin County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -78.180
Tornado, Union
- When
- April 18, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 27.3 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -80.530
Hail, Scotland
- When
- April 18, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Scotland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -79.400
Tornado, Randolph
- When
- April 18, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.870, -79.600
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 18, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 18, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, April 18, 1969
- Tornado and Hail in West Virginia, April 18, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 18, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 18, 1969
- Hail in Ohio, April 18, 1969
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: 10087506, 10087507, 10087508, 10087509, 10087510, 10087511, 10087512.