Thunderstorm Wind, Chatham
- When
- February 23, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -79.470
Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, February 23, 1980
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- February 23, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -79.080
Tornado, Hertford
- When
- February 23, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hertford County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -76.930
Tornado, Pitt
- When
- February 23, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pitt County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -77.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Craven
- When
- February 23, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Craven County
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -77.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Onslow
- When
- February 23, 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Onslow County
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -77.530
Hail, Carteret
- When
- February 23, 6:43 PM CST
- Where
- Carteret County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -76.850
Hail, Jones
- When
- February 23, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -77.230
Thunderstorm Wind, New Hanover
- When
- February 23, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- New Hanover County
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -77.900
Hail, Pender
- When
- February 23, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pender County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -77.670
Hail, Columbus
- When
- February 23, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Columbus County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.330, -78.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Onslow
- When
- February 23, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Onslow County
- Coordinates
- 34.750, -77.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Onslow
- When
- February 23, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Onslow County
- Coordinates
- 34.750, -77.420
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
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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: 10089937, 10089938, 10089939, 10089940, 10089941, 10089942, 10089943, 10089944, 10089945, 10089946, 10089947, 10089948, 10089949.