Thunderstorm Wind, Craven
- When
- April 17, 3:10 PM EST
- Where
- Craven County, 5 mi E of Havelock
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -76.800
Trees downed on power lines on Blandia Road near Adams Creek Road.
Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, April 17 to 21, 1997
13 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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 radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:11 UTC.
Event by event
13 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pitt
- When
- April 21, 3:23 PM EST
- Where
- Pitt County, 1 mi N of Grimesland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -77.200
Hail, Duplin
- When
- April 21, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Duplin County, Beulaville
- Measured
- 0.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -77.770
Marble size hail covering the ground.
Hail, Onslow
- When
- April 21, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Onslow County, 3 mi W of Richlands
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -77.580
Hail, Onslow
- When
- April 21, 4:29 PM EST
- Where
- Onslow County, Deppe
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -77.280
Tornado, Onslow
- When
- April 21, 4:30 PM EST to 4:33 PM EST
- Where
- Onslow County, Deppe
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -77.280
NC Forestry reported tornado in Hoffman Forest.
Hail, Craven
- When
- April 21, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Craven County, New Bern to 2 mi S of New Bern
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -77.050
Hail, Onslow
- When
- April 21, 4:31 PM EST
- Where
- Onslow County, Deppe
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -77.280
Hail, Beaufort
- When
- April 21, 4:44 PM EST
- Where
- Beaufort County, Bath
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -76.820
Piles of hail covered the ground
Funnel Cloud, Jones
- When
- April 21, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Jones County, Maysville
- Coordinates
- 35.022, -77.355 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Law enforcement and rescue personnel spotted a funnel cloud over the village.
Hail, Jones
- When
- April 21, 4:52 PM EST
- Where
- Jones County, Maysville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -77.230
Hail, Jones
- When
- April 21, 5:08 PM EST
- Where
- Jones County, 5 mi E of Maysville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -77.150
Catfish Lake Road
Hail, Craven
- When
- April 21, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Craven County, New Bern
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -77.050
Hail, Craven
- When
- April 21, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Craven County, Bridgeton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -77.020
Hail, Duplin
- When
- April 21, 6:26 PM EST
- Where
- Duplin County, Beulaville
- Measured
- 0.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -77.770
Hail, Martin
- When
- April 21, 9:22 PM EST
- Where
- Martin County, Jamesville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -76.900
Covered the ground.
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Winter Weather in West Virginia, April 17 to 18, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, April 17, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, April 17, 1997
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, April 17 to 18, 1997
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, April 17, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, April 17, 1997
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 1997Warnings in North Carolina, April 1997
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: 5624176, 5624177, 5624178, 5624179, 5624180, 5624181, 5624318, 5624182, 5624183, 5624317, 5624319, 5624320, 5623312, 5623313, 5623314, 5623315.