North Carolina, 1995Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, June 8, 1995
June 8, 1995 · 17 events in 11 counties and zones
11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 16 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $180,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Events
- 17
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, 5 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Caswell
- When
- June 8, 7:25 PM EST
- Where
- Caswell County, Providence to To Blanch
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 36.393, -79.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe thunderstorms in Caswell County produced damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees five miles northeast of Yanceyville, destroyed a mobile home and a barn, uprooted trees and damaged the tobacco crop three and a half miles north-northeast of Yanceyville, and downed trees and telephone poles from Providence to Blanch. Some of the trees fell on automobiles from Providence to Blanch.
Thunderstorm Wind, Caswell
- When
- June 8, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Caswell County, Yanceyville
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 36.393, -79.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe thunderstorms in Caswell County produced damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees five miles northeast of Yanceyville, destroyed a mobile home and a barn, uprooted trees and damaged the tobacco crop three and a half miles north-northeast of Yanceyville, and downed trees and telephone poles from Providence to Blanch. Some of the trees fell on automobiles from Providence to Blanch.
Thunderstorm Wind, Caswell
- When
- June 8, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Caswell County, Yanceyville
- Coordinates
- 36.393, -79.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe thunderstorms in Caswell County produced damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees five miles northeast of Yanceyville, destroyed a mobile home and a barn, uprooted trees and damaged the tobacco crop three and a half miles north-northeast of Yanceyville, and downed trees and telephone poles from Providence to Blanch. Some of the trees fell on automobiles from Providence to Blanch.
Thunderstorm Wind, Alamance
- When
- June 8, 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Alamance County
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Coordinates
- 36.044, -79.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several mobile homes were damaged near NC 119 and Turner Road. Over a ton of roofing material was blown off an industial building.
Tornado, Person
- When
- June 8, 7:52 PM EST
- Where
- Person County, Southwest
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 35 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -78.970
Highway Patrol spotted a tornado in the southwestern portion of the county. Trees down.
Hail, Vance
- When
- June 8, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Vance County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.365, -78.408 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees and power lines down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Vance
- When
- June 8, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Vance County, Northern
- Coordinates
- 36.365, -78.408 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees and power lines down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- June 8, 8:10 PM EST
- Where
- Guilford County, Brownes Summit
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -79.789 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Orange
- When
- June 8, 8:40 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.061, -79.121 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tree fell on a mobile home.
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- June 8, 8:40 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Granville
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 36.061, -79.121 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tree fell on a mobile home.
Thunderstorm Wind, Durham
- When
- June 8, 8:45 PM EST
- Where
- Durham County
- Coordinates
- 36.036, -78.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Chatham
- When
- June 8, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.703, -79.255 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees uprooted off Highway 64 between Siler City and Pittsboro. Over 1,200 homes were without power due to lightning, fallen trees, and power lines.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chatham
- When
- June 8, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Coordinates
- 35.703, -79.255 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees uprooted off Highway 64 between Siler City and Pittsboro. Over 1,200 homes were without power due to lightning, fallen trees, and power lines.
Hail, Wake
- When
- June 8, 9:05 PM EST
- Where
- Wake County, Wendell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Skywarn observer reported dime-size hail in the city of Wendell.
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnston
- When
- June 8, 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Coordinates
- 35.518, -78.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous trees downe reported by 911 officials.
Hail, Sampson
- When
- June 8, 10:07 PM EST
- Where
- Sampson County, Spivey'S Corner
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.992, -78.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Nickel-size hail reported near Spivey's Corner.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sampson
- When
- June 8, 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Sampson County, Near Roseboro
- Coordinates
- 34.992, -78.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 8, 1995$14 million · F4 · 41 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 19953 injured · $1.1 million · F2 · 63 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, June 8, 19955 injured · $511,000 · F1 · 58 events
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 8, 19955 injured · $396,000 · F0 · 82 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 8, 19955 injured · $720,000 · 2 in hail · 34 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 8, 19951 injured · $688,000 · 1.75 in hail · 23 events
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 8, 1995$1.1 million · 12 events
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 8, 1995$255,000 · 61 kt wind · 18 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 8, 1995$52,000 · 0.75 in hail · 9 events
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 8, 19952 injured · $5,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 8, 1995$4,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 events
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, June 8, 1995$3,000 · F0 · 9 events
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: 10338906, 10338931, 10338932, 10339053, 10337600, 10337483, 10337484, 10338293, 10337521, 10337522, 10338221, 10338994, 10338995, 10337606, 10338347, 10337875, 10337876.