Thunderstorm Wind, Carteret
- When
- July 22, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Carteret County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.800, -76.700
Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 22, 1983
12 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
- $250,000
- 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
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carteret
- When
- July 22, 1:35 AM CST
- Where
- Carteret County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -76.370
Thunderstorm Wind, New Hanover
- When
- July 22, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- New Hanover County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -77.800
Thunderstorm Wind, New Hanover
- When
- July 22, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- New Hanover County
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -77.930
Thunderstorm Wind, New Hanover
- When
- July 22, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- New Hanover County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -77.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Brunswick
- When
- July 22, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brunswick County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -78.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan
- When
- July 22, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Coordinates
- 35.770, -80.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan
- When
- July 22, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -80.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Richmond
- When
- July 22, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Richmond County
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -79.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth
- When
- July 22, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -80.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Richmond
- When
- July 22, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Richmond County
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -79.730
Tornado, Forsyth
- When
- July 22, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -80.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan
- When
- July 22, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -80.500
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 22, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 22, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 22, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 22, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 22, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 22, 1983
- Hail in Wyoming, July 22, 1983
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1983Every state in 1983This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 1983
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: 10087838, 10087839, 10087840, 10087841, 10087842, 10087843, 10087844, 10087845, 10087846, 10087847, 10087848, 10087849, 10087850.