Tornado, Wayne
- When
- May 23, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -78.000
Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 23, 1975
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth
- When
- May 23, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -80.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Scotland
- When
- May 23, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Scotland County
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -79.450
Hail, Cumberland
- When
- May 23, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -79.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- May 23, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -78.900
Hail, Craven
- When
- May 23, 1:51 PM CST
- Where
- Craven County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -77.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- May 23, 2:02 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -80.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- May 23, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -77.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Bertie
- When
- May 23, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bertie County
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -77.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Pender
- When
- May 23, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pender County
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -77.930
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
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: 10087653, 10087654, 10087655, 10087656, 10087657, 10087658, 10087659, 10087660, 10087661, 10087662.