Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- June 24, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -79.820
Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, June 24, 1978
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Iredell
- When
- June 24, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Iredell County
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -80.880
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- June 24, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -80.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Stanly
- When
- June 24, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stanly County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -80.180
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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 1978
- Tornado in Georgia, June 24, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 24, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, June 24, 1978
- Hail in Illinois, June 24, 1978
- Hail in Iowa, June 24, 1978
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 24, 1978
- Hail in Kansas, June 24, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 24, 1978
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: 10087733, 10087734, 10087735, 10087736.