Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- May 13, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -78.980
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 13, 1978
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- 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
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- May 13, 3:01 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -78.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Harnett
- When
- May 13, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Harnett County
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -78.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnston
- When
- May 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -78.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbus
- When
- May 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Columbus County
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -78.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Nash
- When
- May 13, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nash County
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -78.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Nash
- When
- May 13, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Nash County
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -77.970
Tornado, New Hanover
- When
- May 13, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- New Hanover County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -77.750
Tornado, New Hanover
- When
- May 13, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- New Hanover County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -77.800
Thunderstorm Wind, New Hanover
- When
- May 13, 6:47 PM CST
- Where
- New Hanover County
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -77.920
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.
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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: 10087708, 10087709, 10087710, 10087711, 10087712, 10087713, 10087714, 10087715, 10087716, 10087717.