Dust Devil, Gaston
- When
- April 7, 2:45 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gaston forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.294, -81.180 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dust Devil in North Carolina, April 7, 1996
An unusually strong dust devil took the roof off a multi-purpose building at a residence. Debris was scattered for a mile or two along Interstate 85.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
An unusually strong dust devil took the roof off a multi-purpose building at a residence. Debris was scattered for a mile or two along Interstate 85.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Dust Devil
- A small rotating column of dust from surface heating that caused damage or injury.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, April 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, April 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, April 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, April 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, April 7 to 8, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, April 7, 1996
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, April 7, 1996
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 1996
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: 5543153.