North Carolina, 1997High Wind in North Carolina, July 24, 1997
July 24, 1997 · NWS AKQ · 10 events in 9 counties and zones
10 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 10 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
High Wind, Northampton
- When
- July 24, 10:30 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northampton forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 36.418, -77.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees and power lines down throughout the county. Power outages were mostly across southern and eastern sections of county.
High Wind, Bertie
- When
- July 24, 10:30 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bertie forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 36.066, -76.967 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees and power lines down throughout the county. Power outages were scattered across the county.
High Wind, Hertford
- When
- July 24, 11:30 AM EST to 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Hertford forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 36.359, -76.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees and power lines down throughout the county. Power outages were scattered, mostly across southern sections of the county.
High Wind, Gates
- When
- July 24, 12:00 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gates forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.445, -76.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Scattered trees and power lines down and some power outages.
High Wind, Chowan
- When
- July 24, 12:00 PM EST to 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Chowan forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.127, -76.602 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Scattered trees and power lines down and some power outages.
High Wind, Perquimans
- When
- July 24, 12:30 PM EST to 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Perquimans forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.177, -76.408 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Scattered trees and power lines down and a few power outages.
High Wind, Camden
- When
- July 24, 1:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Camden forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.342, -76.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Scattered trees and power lines down and some power outages.
High Wind, Pasquotank
- When
- July 24, 1:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pasquotank forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.265, -76.249 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Scattered trees and power lines down and some power outages.
High Wind, Pasquotank
- When
- July 24, 1:38 PM EST
- Where
- Pasquotank forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.265, -76.249 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Elizabeth City Airport recorded a wind gust of 50 knots (58 mph).
High Wind, Western Currituck
- When
- July 24, 2:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Currituck forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.367, -75.937 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Scattered trees and power lines down and a few power outages.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 24, 19971 death · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, July 24 to 25, 1997$3.0 million · 5 events
- Tornadoes in Virginia, July 24, 1997$900,000 · F1 · 3 events
- Flood in Alaska, July 24 to 31, 1997$1.3 million · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 24, 1997$220,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind and Waterspout in North Carolina, July 24, 19972 injured · $90,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 24, 1997$125,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, July 24 to 25, 1997$20,000 · F1 · 4 events
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 24, 1997$70,000 · 1 event
- Heavy Rain in New York, July 24 to 25, 19973 injured · 11 events
- Flood in Iowa, July 24, 1997$40,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Iowa, July 24, 1997$40,000 · 1 event
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: 5616364, 5616365, 5616366, 5616367, 5616368, 5616369, 5616370, 5616371, 5616373, 5616372.