Thunderstorm Wind, Catawba
- When
- August 17, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Catawba County, Maiden
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 35.663, -81.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several mobile homes were overturned and outbuildings damaged.
Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 17, 1993
7 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- $505,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- August 17, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Guilford County, Greensboro
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -79.789 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- August 17, 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Nw Portion
- Coordinates
- 36.061, -79.121 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Durham
- When
- August 17, 7:10 PM EST
- Where
- Durham County, Durham
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 36.036, -78.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees were blown down and a business damaged.
Thunderstorm Wind, Granville
- When
- August 17, 7:26 PM EST
- Where
- Granville County, Stem
- Coordinates
- 36.304, -78.653 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- August 17, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Wake County, Raleigh
- Coordinates
- 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- August 17, 8:05 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Southern
- Coordinates
- 36.083, -78.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 17, 1993
- Hail in Iowa, August 17, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 17, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 17, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 17, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 17, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 17, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 17, 1993
- Hail in Nebraska, August 17, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 17, 1993
- Hail in Illinois, August 17, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 17, 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: 10338982, 10338289, 10337467, 10338217, 10338271, 10337551, 10338237.