North Carolina, 1997Tornado in North Carolina, June 1, 1997
June 1, 1997 · NWS MHX · 3 events in 1 county or zone
2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Tornado, Martin
- When
- June 1, 5:10 PM EST
- Where
- Martin County, 6 mi NW of Williamston
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -77.150
Touched down near Martin County Airport in Spring Green. Several outbuildings destroyed and some houses lost a portion of their roofs.
Funnel Cloud, Martin
- When
- June 1, 5:15 PM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Martin County, 3 mi E of Robersonville
- Coordinates
- 35.842, -77.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several funnel clouds reported between Robersonville and Williamston.
Funnel Cloud, Martin
- When
- June 1, 6:50 PM EST
- Where
- Martin County, Hamilton
- Coordinates
- 35.842, -77.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two funnel clouds reported north of Route 125.
- 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.
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 1, 19972 deaths · $1.3 million · 11 events
- Flooding in Idaho, June 1 to 30, 1997$50 million · 6 events
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 1 to 2, 1997$4.0 million · 26 events
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 1, 1997$2.2 million · 28 events
- Flood in Ohio, June 1 to 3, 19975 injured · $1.0 million · 1 event
- Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1997$5.0 million · 5 events
- Flooding in Idaho, June 1 to 15, 1997$4.0 million · 4 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 1 to 30, 19971 injured · $210,000 · F0 · 43 events
- Flooding in Ohio, June 1 to 6, 1997$1.0 million · 10 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 1, 1997$1.0 million · F0 · 5 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 1 to 2, 1997$500,000 · F0 · 18 events
- Cold in Georgia, June 1 to 11, 199794 events
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: 5598262, 5598263, 5598264.