Hail, Camden
- When
- March 29, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Camden County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -76.130
Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 29, 1991
12 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 37
- Property damage
- $11 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
12 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pasquotank
- When
- March 29, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Pasquotank County
- Coordinates
- 36.470, -76.430
Hail, Washington
- When
- March 29, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -76.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- March 29, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -80.850
Tornado, Randolph
- When
- March 29, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 28 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -80.020
Tornado, Stanly
- When
- March 29, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Stanly County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -80.220
Tornado, Chatham
- When
- March 29, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 25 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -79.470
Tornado, Moore
- When
- March 29, 2:33 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -79.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- March 29, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -79.180
Tornado, Scotland
- When
- March 29, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Scotland County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -79.550
Tornado, Orange
- When
- March 29, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.870, -79.050
Tornado, Northampton
- When
- March 29, 3:22 PM CST
- Where
- Northampton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -77.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnston
- When
- March 29, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Coordinates
- 35.550, -78.370
Tornado, Bertie
- When
- March 29, 5:10 PM EST
- Where
- Bertie County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -77.100
Tornado, Hertford
- When
- March 29, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Hertford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -76.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Nash
- When
- March 29, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Nash County
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -77.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Edgecombe
- When
- March 29, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Edgecombe County
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -77.780
Tornado, Halifax
- When
- March 29, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Halifax County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -77.380
Tornado, Lenoir
- When
- March 29, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lenoir County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 33 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -77.650
Tornado, Jones
- When
- March 29, 6:41 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -77.520
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 29, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, March 29, 1991
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 29, 1991
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 29, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 29, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 29, 1991
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1991Every state in 1991This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 1991Warnings in North Carolina, March 1991
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: 10088509, 10088510, 10088511, 10088512, 10088513, 10088514, 10088515, 10088516, 10088517, 10088518, 10088519, 10089369, 10089370, 10089586, 10089587, 10089583, 10089584, 10089585, 10089588, 10089589.