Thunderstorm Wind, Onslow
- When
- June 16, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Onslow County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.750, -77.420
Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, June 16, 1982
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $503,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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, 3 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- June 16, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -78.670
Tornado, Harnett
- When
- June 16, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Harnett County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -78.820
Hail, Wake
- When
- June 16, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -78.670
Tornado, Wake
- When
- June 16, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.550, -78.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Harnett
- When
- June 16, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harnett County
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -78.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Hertford
- When
- June 16, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hertford County
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -76.930
Tornado, Moore
- When
- June 16, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -79.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Moore
- When
- June 16, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -79.450
Hail, Moore
- When
- June 16, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -79.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Moore
- When
- June 16, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -79.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- June 16, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -78.970
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 West Virginia, June 16, 1982
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- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 16, 1982
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 16, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 16, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 16, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 16, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, June 16, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 16, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 16, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 16, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 16, 1982
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: 10090054, 10090055, 10090056, 10090057, 10090058, 10090059, 10090060, 10090061, 10090062, 10090063, 10090064, 10090065.