Lightning, Guilford
- When
- July 28, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Guilford County, Oak Ridge
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -79.789 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
LIGHTNING HIT A HOME IN OAK RIDGE. NO DAMAGE DETAILS WERE AVAILABLE.
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 28, 1997
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail, 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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 Roanoke radar (KFCX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:20 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth
- When
- July 28, 5:20 PM EST
- Where
- Forsyth County, Kernersville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -80.080
TREES WERE DOWNED NEAR THE GUILFORD COUNTY LINE JUST EAST OF KERNERSVILLE. ALSO, THE WIND LAID OVER CORN AND TOBACCO ACROSS MANY FARMS IN NORTHEAST FORSYTH COUNTY.
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- July 28, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Guilford County, Summerfield
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -79.900
TREES WERE DOWNED.
Hail, Davidson
- When
- July 28, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Davidson County, Denton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -80.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- July 28, 6:05 PM EST
- Where
- Guilford County, Greensboro
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -79.800
TREES WERE DOWNED AND ONE HOME WAS DAMAGED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ALAMANCE AND NELSON FARM ROADS.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 28, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Texas, July 28, 1997
- Heat in Illinois, July 28, 1997
- Heat in North Carolina, July 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in West Virginia, July 28, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 28 to 29, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 28, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, July 28, 1997
More
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5615176, 5615177, 5615178, 5615179, 5615180.