Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- July 4, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -82.000
Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 4, 1970
15 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
15 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Yadkin
- When
- July 4, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Yadkin County
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -80.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Burke
- When
- July 4, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Burke County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -81.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Buncombe
- When
- July 4, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Buncombe County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -82.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- July 4, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -81.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Yadkin
- When
- July 4, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Yadkin County
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -80.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Stokes
- When
- July 4, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stokes County
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -80.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Catawba
- When
- July 4, 2:01 PM CST
- Where
- Catawba County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -81.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- July 4, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -80.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Rockingham
- When
- July 4, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Rockingham County
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -79.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell
- When
- July 4, 3:38 PM CST
- Where
- Iredell County
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -80.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- July 4, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -79.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Davie
- When
- July 4, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Davie County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -80.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan
- When
- July 4, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -80.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Halifax
- When
- July 4, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Halifax County
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -77.580
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 4, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 4, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 4, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, July 4, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 4, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 4, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 4, 1970
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 4, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 4, 1970
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 4, 1970
- Hail in Washington, July 4, 1970
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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: 10087811, 10087812, 10088027, 10088028, 10088029, 10088030, 10088031, 10088032, 10088033, 10088034, 10088035, 10088036, 10088037, 10088038, 10088039.