Hail, Rockingham
- When
- June 6, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Rockingham County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -79.680
Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, June 6, 1977
11 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 2 hail, 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $1.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkes
- When
- June 6, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wilkes County
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -81.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkes
- When
- June 6, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Wilkes County
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -81.170
Tornado, Madison
- When
- June 6, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 19.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -82.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Alamance
- When
- June 6, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Alamance County
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -79.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Halifax
- When
- June 6, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Halifax County
- Coordinates
- 36.470, -77.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Northampton
- When
- June 6, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Northampton County
- Coordinates
- 36.270, -77.280
Tornado, Madison
- When
- June 6, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -82.630
Tornado, Madison
- When
- June 6, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -82.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Yancey
- When
- June 6, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Yancey County
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -79.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Burke
- When
- June 6, 2:32 PM CST
- Where
- Burke County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -81.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- June 6, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -82.530
Tornado, Buncombe
- When
- June 6, 2:37 PM CST
- Where
- Buncombe County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 9.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -82.480
Thunderstorm Wind, McDowell
- When
- June 6, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- McDowell County
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -82.020
Tornado, Buncombe
- When
- June 6, 2:56 PM CST
- Where
- Buncombe County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.8 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.770, -82.580
Tornado, Yancey
- When
- June 6, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Yancey County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -82.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Catawba
- When
- June 6, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Catawba County
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -81.330
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- June 6, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -80.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Craven
- When
- June 6, 4:08 PM CST
- Where
- Craven County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -77.050
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 Louisiana, June 6, 1977
- Tornado in Arkansas, June 6, 1977
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, June 6, 1977
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, June 6, 1977
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 6, 1977
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 6, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 6, 1977
- Hail in Kentucky, June 6, 1977
- Hail in West Virginia, June 6, 1977
- Tornado in Florida, June 6, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 6, 1977
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: 10091009, 10091010, 10091011, 10091012, 10091013, 10091014, 10091015, 10091016, 10091017, 10091018, 10091019, 10091020, 10091021, 10091022, 10091023, 10091024, 10091025, 10091026, 10091027.