Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- August 23, 1:43 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -79.000
Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 23, 1983
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- August 23, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -79.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Scotland
- When
- August 23, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Scotland County
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -79.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- August 23, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -78.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Robeson
- When
- August 23, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -79.100
Tornado, Cabarrus
- When
- August 23, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cabarrus County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -80.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Cabarrus
- When
- August 23, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cabarrus County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -80.480
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, August 23, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 23, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 23, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 23, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 23, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 23, 1983
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 23, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 23, 1983
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: 10087869, 10087870, 10087871, 10087872, 10087873, 10087874, 10087875.