Thunderstorm Wind, Caswell
- When
- July 25, 12:08 PM EST
- Where
- Caswell County, Semora
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -79.150
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 25, 1996
5 miles south-southwest of Milton at 1154 EST. The tornado destroyed five green houses and damaged four other green houses and a few outbuildings at an agricultural supply center.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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 RNK wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm around 12 noon on the 25th produced a tornado and damaging winds.A tornado briefly touched down 2.5 miles south-southwest of Milton at 1154 EST. The tornado destroyed five green houses and damaged four other green houses and a few outbuildings at an agricultural supply center. The tornado tossed 1,500 pound cattle feeders about 100 feet and foam planting trays were carried up to 7 miles away.Thunderstorm winds broke out a post office window, tore the roof off of shed and damaged signs in Semora.
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:06 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Tornado in Kansas, July 25, 1996
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5557208.