Tornado, Cleveland
- When
- May 15, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -81.350
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 15, 1975
6 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 7
- Property damage
- $105,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Gaston
- When
- May 15, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -81.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- May 15, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -80.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- May 15, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -80.470
Tornado, Chatham
- When
- May 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -79.470
Tornado, Robeson
- When
- May 15, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -79.130
Tornado, Robeson
- When
- May 15, 5:47 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -79.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Sampson
- When
- May 15, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sampson County
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -78.350
Tornado, Harnett
- When
- May 15, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harnett County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -78.670
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.
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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: 10087639, 10087640, 10087641, 10087642, 10087643, 10087644, 10087645, 10087646, 10087647.