Thunderstorm Wind, Caswell
- When
- March 21, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Caswell County
- Coordinates
- 36.393, -79.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong thunderstorm winds blew down 20 to 30 trees.
Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 21, 1995
2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- March 21, 4:15 AM EST
- Where
- Wake County, Cary
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A microburst descended on the Harrison Square Shopping Center in Cary with winds estimated to exceed 60 mph. An awning was blown off over the Pantry Gas Station. Window blown in at McDonalds. Several trees blown down along Harrison Avenue. Several cars also damaged.
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
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: 10338902, 10337560.