Tornado, Duplin
- When
- March 24, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Duplin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10.9 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -81.920
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 24, 1975
31 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 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
- $775,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 36
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
31 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- March 24, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -81.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Gaston
- When
- March 24, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -81.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- March 24, 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -80.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Stanly
- When
- March 24, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Stanly County
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -80.220
Tornado, Davidson
- When
- March 24, 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.870, -80.080
Tornado, Randolph
- When
- March 24, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.1 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -80.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- March 24, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -79.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- March 24, 12:06 PM CST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -79.920
Tornado, Union
- When
- March 24, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 30.6 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -80.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Moore
- When
- March 24, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -79.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Richmond
- When
- March 24, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Richmond County
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -79.700
Tornado, Hoke
- When
- March 24, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hoke County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 11 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -79.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Chatham
- When
- March 24, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -79.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- March 24, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -78.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Chatham
- When
- March 24, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Coordinates
- 35.720, -79.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- March 24, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -78.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- March 24, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 73 kt (84 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -78.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Harnett
- When
- March 24, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harnett County
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -78.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- March 24, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -78.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- March 24, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -78.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnston
- When
- March 24, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -78.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Sampson
- When
- March 24, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sampson County
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -78.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Nash
- When
- March 24, 1:36 PM CST
- Where
- Nash County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -77.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- March 24, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -77.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- March 24, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -78.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Pitt
- When
- March 24, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pitt County
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -77.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Halifax
- When
- March 24, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Halifax County
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -77.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Lenoir
- When
- March 24, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lenoir County
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -77.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Edgecombe
- When
- March 24, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Edgecombe County
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -77.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaufort
- When
- March 24, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Beaufort County
- Coordinates
- 35.550, -77.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Bertie
- When
- March 24, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Bertie County
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -76.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Hertford
- When
- March 24, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hertford County
- Coordinates
- 36.450, -77.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Pasquotank
- When
- March 24, 3:27 PM CST
- Where
- Pasquotank County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.270, -76.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Tyrrell
- When
- March 24, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tyrrell County
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -76.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Hyde
- When
- March 24, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hyde County
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -76.230
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 24, 1975
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 24, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 24, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, March 24, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 24, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 24, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 24, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 24, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, March 24, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 24, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 24, 1975
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: 10090994, 10090995, 10087602, 10087603, 10087604, 10087605, 10087606, 10087607, 10087608, 10087609, 10087610, 10087611, 10087612, 10087613, 10087614, 10087615, 10087616, 10087617, 10087618, 10087619, 10087620, 10087621, 10087622, 10087623, 10087624, 10087625, 10087626, 10087627, 10087628, 10087629, 10087630, 10087631, 10087632, 10087633, 10087634, 10087635.