Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, February 10, 1990

Name: Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, February 10, 1990
Start: 1990-02-10T08:00
End: 1990-02-10T15:40
Location: North Carolina

February 10, 1990 · NWS GSO · 10 events in 9 counties and zones

7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

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

7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Cleveland

When: February 10, 8:00 AM EST
Where: Cleveland County
Rating: F2
Path length: 0.4 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.200, -81.550

Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford

When: February 10, 7:30 AM CST
Where: Rutherford County
Coordinates: 35.230, -81.780

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: February 10, 8:05 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Coordinates: 35.480, -81.250

Thunderstorm Wind, Gaston

When: February 10, 8:20 AM CST
Where: Gaston County
Coordinates: 35.300, -81.200

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: February 10, 8:30 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Coordinates: 35.470, -81.270

Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell

When: February 10, 8:47 AM CST
Where: Iredell County
Coordinates: 35.600, -80.820

Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson

When: February 10, 9:15 AM CST
Where: Davidson County
Coordinates: 35.820, -80.270

Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford

When: February 10, 9:33 AM CST
Where: Guilford County
Coordinates: 36.020, -79.900

Tornado, Halifax

When: February 10, 12:20 PM CST
Where: Halifax County
Rating: F1
Path length: 15 mi
Path width: 70 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 36.230, -77.750

Tornado, Dare

When: February 10, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Dare County
Rating: F0
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Coordinates: 35.850, -75.670

What these are

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.
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

Every storm in North Carolina in 1990 Every state in 1990 This day in weather history The tornado archive for North Carolina, 1990 Warnings in North Carolina, February 1990

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: 10087805, 10087804, 10087806, 10087807, 10087808, 10088658, 10088659, 10088660, 10088875, 10088876.