Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- February 18, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -84.030
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, February 18, 1976
13 thunderstorm wind, 7 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
- $1.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Swain
- When
- February 18, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Swain County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -83.250
Tornado, Macon
- When
- February 18, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -83.470
Tornado, Haywood
- When
- February 18, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Haywood County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -82.950
Tornado, Buncombe
- When
- February 18, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Buncombe County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -82.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- February 18, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -83.830
Tornado, Buncombe
- When
- February 18, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Buncombe County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.550, -82.670
Tornado, Henderson
- When
- February 18, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -82.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- February 18, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -82.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Catawba
- When
- February 18, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Catawba County
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -80.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Burke
- When
- February 18, 2:33 PM CST
- Where
- Burke County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -81.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- February 18, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -81.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- February 18, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 90 kt (104 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -81.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Davie
- When
- February 18, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Davie County
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -80.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth
- When
- February 18, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -80.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- February 18, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -80.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell
- When
- February 18, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Iredell County
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -80.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell
- When
- February 18, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Iredell County
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -80.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- February 18, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -79.950
Tornado, Rockingham
- When
- February 18, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rockingham County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -79.780
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 Hail in Mississippi, February 18, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 18, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 18, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 18, 1976
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, February 18, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, February 18, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, February 18, 1976
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: 10088785, 10088786, 10088787, 10088788, 10088789, 10088790, 10088791, 10088792, 10088793, 10088794, 10088795, 10088796, 10088797, 10088798, 10088799, 10088800, 10088801, 10088802, 10088803, 10089651.