The decaying eye of hurricane Fran crossed Eastern Columbus County. 5 million), pecans, sweet potatoes, cotton, peanuts, soybeans.
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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 episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
The decaying eye of hurricane Fran crossed Eastern Columbus County. Winds gusting near 80 mph and nearly 8 inches of rain caused damage to at least 25% of crops: corn, tobacco (4 millions lbs worth $7.5 million), pecans, sweet potatoes, cotton, peanuts, soybeans. One house was destroyed, 92 homes and 3 businesses had severe damage. One injury, as a fire truck hit a tree across road. Lake Waccamaw was reported as high as during Hurricane Hazel, 1954. Lake Tabor burst it's dam, causing lowland flooding.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, September 1996
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: 5578518.