Thunderstorm Wind, Burke
- When
- August 7, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Burke County
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -81.700
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 7, 1986
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Burke
- When
- August 7, 3:21 PM CST
- Where
- Burke County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -81.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Catawba
- When
- August 7, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Catawba County
- Coordinates
- 35.720, -81.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- August 7, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -81.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell
- When
- August 7, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Iredell County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -80.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Gaston
- When
- August 7, 5:36 PM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -81.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell
- When
- August 7, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -81.550
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- August 7, 6:03 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -80.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- August 7, 6:23 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -80.850
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.
- 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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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 7, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 7, 1986
- Hail in Kansas, August 7, 1986
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: 10088152, 10088153, 10088154, 10088155, 10088156, 10088157, 10088158, 10088159, 10088160.