Thunderstorm Wind, Bertie
- When
- May 3, 9:52 AM EST
- Where
- Bertie County, Aulander
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 36.230, -77.120
Several trees and power lines down.
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 3, 1997
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $9,000
- 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 Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:51 UTC.
Event by event
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hertford
- When
- May 3, 10:10 AM EST
- Where
- Hertford County, Ahoskie
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -76.980
Several trees and power lines down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bertie
- When
- May 3, 10:30 AM EST
- Where
- Bertie County, Colerain
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -76.770
Several trees down on power lines.
Hail, Gates
- When
- May 3, 10:30 AM EST
- Where
- Gates County, Gatesville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -76.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Camden
- When
- May 3, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Camden County, Camden
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -76.170
Tree down, partially blocking a road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Currituck
- When
- May 3, 11:15 AM EST
- Where
- Currituck County, Maple
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -76.000
Tree down on power line.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, May 3, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, May 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 3, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 3 to 28, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, May 3, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, May 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 3, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alabama, May 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 3, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5603005, 5603010, 5603006, 5603007, 5603009, 5603008.