Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- March 10, 4:15 PM PST
- Where
- Wake County
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -78.600
Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 10, 1992
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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
- 21
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- March 10, 4:15 PM PST
- Where
- Wake County
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -78.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Nash
- When
- March 10, 4:30 PM PST
- Where
- Nash County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -78.120
Tornado, Alexander
- When
- March 10, 8:10 PM EST
- Where
- Alexander County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -81.280
Tornado, Mecklenburg
- When
- March 10, 9:07 PM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.4 mi
- Path width
- 180 yd
- Injuries
- 18 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -81.000
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- March 10, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -81.680
Tornado, Cabarrus
- When
- March 10, 9:55 PM EST
- Where
- Cabarrus County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -80.570
Hail, Davie
- When
- March 10, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Davie County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -80.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkes
- When
- March 10, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Wilkes County
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -81.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell
- When
- March 10, 9:30 PM PST
- Where
- Iredell County
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -80.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan
- When
- March 10, 9:55 PM PST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -80.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Stokes
- When
- March 10, 10:05 PM PST
- Where
- Stokes County
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -80.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Stanly
- When
- March 10, 10:15 PM PST
- Where
- Stanly County
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -80.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- March 10, 10:40 PM PST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -79.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- March 10, 10:55 PM PST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -80.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- March 10, 11:15 PM PST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -79.880
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 and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 10, 1992
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 10, 1992
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 10, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 10, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 10, 1992
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 10, 1992
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 10, 1992
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, March 10, 1992
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 10, 1992
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1992Every state in 1992This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 1992Warnings in North Carolina, March 1992
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: 10087177, 10087178, 10087179, 10087181, 10087182, 10162151, 10087184, 10162152, 10087180, 10087183, 10087185, 10087186, 10087187, 10087188, 10087189, 10087190.