North Carolina, 1983

Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, March 8, 1983

March 8, 1983 · NWS MT · 7 events in 6 counties and zones

6 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$250
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 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Stanly

When
March 8, 2:30 PM CST
Where
Stanly County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
35.320, -80.250

Hail, Cabarrus

When
March 8, 2:38 PM CST
Where
Cabarrus County
Measured
1.25 in hail
Coordinates
35.400, -80.450

Hail, Mecklenburg

When
March 8, 3:30 PM CST
Where
Mecklenburg County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.220, -80.820

Hail, Stanly

When
March 8, 4:30 PM CST
Where
Stanly County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.320, -80.250

Hail, Union

When
March 8, 4:30 PM CST
Where
Union County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.980, -80.550

Tornado, Randolph

When
March 8, 5:00 PM CST
Where
Randolph County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
17 yd
Property damage
$250
Coordinates
35.900, -79.970

Hail, Anson

When
March 8, 5:30 PM CST
Where
Anson County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.980, -80.120

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 10091162, 10091163, 10091164, 10091165, 10091166, 10091167, 10091168.