Thunderstorm Wind, New Hanover
- When
- July 7, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- New Hanover County, Castle Hayne
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -77.900
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, July 7, 1997
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 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
- 6
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, New Hanover
- When
- July 7, 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- New Hanover County, (Ilm)wilmington Arpt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -77.900
1 INCH HAIL ON INTERSTATE 40 JUST SOUTH OF THE NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER
Hail, Pender
- When
- July 7, 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Pender County, Rocky Pt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -77.880
REPORTED 2S ROCKY POINT
Thunderstorm Wind, New Hanover
- When
- July 7, 5:10 PM EST
- Where
- New Hanover County, Wrightsville Beach
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -77.800
TREES DOWN IN THE LANDFALL COMMUNITY NEAR WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
Thunderstorm Wind, New Hanover
- When
- July 7, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- New Hanover County, Murraysville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -77.830
TREES DOWN ON MURRAYVILLE ROAD
Flash Flood, New Hanover
- When
- July 7, 5:20 PM EST to 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- New Hanover County, Wilmington
- Coordinates
- 34.181, -77.866 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
WATER OVER HIGHWAY 17 NEAR PORTERS NECK AND 20 INCHES OF WATER OVER OLD MILL ROAD IN RUNNYMEADE
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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in New York, July 7, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, July 7, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, July 7, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, July 7, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 7, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 7, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 7, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, July 7, 1997
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 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: 5612501, 5612502, 5612503, 5612504, 5612505, 5612506.