Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- June 28, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -82.350
Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, June 28, 1989
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- 5
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- June 28, 12:22 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -81.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- June 28, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -82.580
Tornado, Chatham
- When
- June 28, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -79.120
Hail, Durham
- When
- June 28, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Durham County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -78.920
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.
- 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
- Tornado in Mississippi, June 28, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 28, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 28, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 28, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, June 28, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 28, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 28, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 28, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 28, 1989
- Hail in Colorado, June 28, 1989
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 1989Warnings in North Carolina, June 1989
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: 10087751, 10087752, 10087753, 10087755, 10087754.