Thunderstorm Wind, Onslow
- When
- June 25, 1:45 PM EST to 1:52 PM EST
- Where
- Onslow County, Swansboro
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -77.130
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 25, 1996
Trees were down along Highway 24 in Hubert and Swansboro.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- None recorded
- 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 MHX wrote it up.
Trees were down along Highway 24 in Hubert and Swansboro.
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:33 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
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 25, 1996
- Tornado in Montana, June 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 25, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, June 25 to 28, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, June 25 to 26, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, June 25 to 27, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, June 25 to 29, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, June 25 to 30, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, June 25, 1996
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5579736.