Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- August 4, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -78.620
Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 4, 1987
11 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 2
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
11 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnston
- When
- August 4, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -78.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnston
- When
- August 4, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -78.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Chatham
- When
- August 4, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Coordinates
- 35.720, -79.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- August 4, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -79.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Harnett
- When
- August 4, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Harnett County
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -78.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- August 4, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -77.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Martin
- When
- August 4, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Coordinates
- 35.770, -77.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Harnett
- When
- August 4, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Harnett County
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -78.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Martin
- When
- August 4, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -76.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Chowan
- When
- August 4, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Chowan County
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -76.620
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 4, 1987
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- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 4, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 4, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 4, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 4, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 4, 1987
- Hail in Wyoming, August 4, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 4, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, August 4, 1987
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: 10091508, 10091509, 10091510, 10091511, 10091512, 10091513, 10091514, 10091515, 10091516, 10091517, 10091518.