Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 31, 1998

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$50,000

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

1

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 Wilmington radar (KLTX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:30 UTC.

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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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Flood and Hail in Montana, July 31, 1998$9.0 million · 1.25 in hail · 8 events
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, July 31, 1998$500,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 31, 1998$200,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 31, 1998$80,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 31, 1998$50,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
• Drought in New Jersey, July 31, 199820 events
• Flash Flood in Idaho, July 31, 1998$20,000 · 1 event
• Drought in Pennsylvania, July 31, 199810 events
• Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 31, 1998$12,000 · 6 events
• Lightning Strike in Florida, July 31, 19981 injured · 1 event
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 31, 199855 kt wind · 8 events
• Damaging Winds in Wyoming, July 31, 199852 kt wind · 7 events

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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: 5663012.