Thunderstorm Wind, Gates
- When
- August 5, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Gates County
- Coordinates
- 36.450, -76.700
Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 5, 1987
6 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Perquimans
- When
- August 5, 3:58 PM CST
- Where
- Perquimans County
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -76.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Pasquotank
- When
- August 5, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pasquotank County
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -76.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkes
- When
- August 5, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wilkes County
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -81.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Burke
- When
- August 5, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Burke County
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -81.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell
- When
- August 5, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Iredell County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -80.900
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, August 5, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 5, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 5, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 5, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 5, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 5, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 5, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 5, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 5, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 5, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 5, 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: 10091519, 10091520, 10091521, 10091522, 10091523, 10091524.