North Carolina, 1989

Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, March 30, 1989

March 30, 1989 · NWS RDU · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

2 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
11
Property damage
$2.5 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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

2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Nash

When
March 30, 1:35 PM CST
Where
Nash County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
36.080, -78.070

Hail, Nash

When
March 30, 1:50 PM CST
Where
Nash County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.920, -77.820

Tornado, Northampton

When
March 30, 3:45 PM EST
Where
Northampton County
Rating
F2
Path length
22 mi
Path width
100 yd
Injuries
11 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$2.5 million
Coordinates
36.370, -77.470

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 10090550, 10090551, 10090552.