Hail, Cumberland
- When
- August 21, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -78.900
Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, August 21, 1979
6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $30
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- August 21, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -81.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- August 21, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -81.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- August 21, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -81.430
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- August 21, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -81.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- August 21, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -81.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Robeson
- When
- August 21, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -78.920
Tornado, Bladen
- When
- August 21, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Bladen County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -78.670
Hail, Bladen
- When
- August 21, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Bladen County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -78.720
Hail, Guilford
- When
- August 21, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -79.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- August 21, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -79.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Onslow
- When
- August 21, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Onslow County
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -77.530
Hail, Onslow
- When
- August 21, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Onslow County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -77.530
Tornado, Robeson
- When
- August 21, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -78.980
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 Oklahoma, August 21, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, August 21, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 21, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 21, 1979
- Tornadoes in North Dakota, August 21, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 21, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 21, 1979
- Hail in Iowa, August 21, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 21, 1979
- Hail in Kansas, August 21, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, August 21, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 21, 1979
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: 10088861, 10088862, 10088863, 10088864, 10088865, 10088866, 10088867, 10088868, 10088869, 10088870, 10088871, 10089719, 10089720, 10089721.