Thunderstorm Wind, Carolina
- When
- September 3, 3:00 PM AST to 3:20 PM AST
- Where
- Carolina County, Carolina
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, September 3, 1996
Civil Defense reported downed power lines in Carolina.
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 SJU wrote it up.
Civil Defense reported downed power lines in Carolina.
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
- Flooding in Virginia, September 3 to 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Arizona, September 3, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 3 to 4, 1996
- Flooding in North Carolina, September 3 to 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 3 to 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, September 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 3, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 3, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, September 3, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, September 3, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, September 3, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 3, 1996
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, September 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: 5570641.