Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- March 15, 11:25 AM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -80.900
Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 15, 1971
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Cumberland
- When
- March 15, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 64 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -79.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbus
- When
- March 15, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Columbus County
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -78.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Hertford
- When
- March 15, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hertford County
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -77.000
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 and Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 15, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 15, 1971
- Tornado in Illinois, March 15, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 15, 1971
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 15, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 15, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, March 15, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 15, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 15, 1971
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: 10088070, 10088071, 10088072, 10088073.