Thunderstorm Wind, Haywood
- When
- April 15, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Haywood County, Waynesville
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 35.556, -82.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees were blown down, some atop houses.
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 15, 1993
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $55,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- April 15, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County, Northern Portion
- Coordinates
- 35.247, -80.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees were blown down atop power lines.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- April 15, 7:44 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Murphy
- Coordinates
- 35.134, -84.063 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- April 15, 8:10 PM EST
- Where
- Clay County, Hayesville
- Coordinates
- 35.057, -83.750 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Graham
- When
- April 15, 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Graham County, Robbinsville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -83.834 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Swain
- When
- April 15, 8:26 PM EST
- Where
- Swain County, Fontana
- Coordinates
- 35.487, -83.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 15, 8:28 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, Sylva
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Watauga
- When
- April 15, 10:16 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Boone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winds snapped telephone poles and destroyed a garage.
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.
- 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
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- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, April 15, 1993
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- Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 15, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 15, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, April 15, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 15, 1993
More
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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: 10338695, 10338414, 10339001, 10339067, 10338261, 10337030, 10338321, 10337616.