Thunderstorm Wind, Robeson
- When
- April 15, 7:10 PM EST to 7:11 PM EST
- Where
- Robeson County, 6 mi E of Maxton
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -79.230
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 11
- Property damage
- $670,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 Wilmington radar (KLTX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:09 UTC.
Event by event
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Robeson
- When
- April 15, 7:13 PM EST
- Where
- Robeson County, Pembroke
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -79.180
Tornado, Robeson
- When
- April 15, 7:15 PM EST
- Where
- Robeson County, Pembroke to 3 mi E of Pembroke
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -79.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Robeson
- When
- April 15, 7:20 PM EST
- Where
- Robeson County, 4 mi ENE of Lumberton
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -78.930
Tornado, Robeson
- When
- April 15, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Robeson County, 10 mi NE of Lumberton
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -78.880
Tornado, Bladen
- When
- April 15, 7:45 PM EST to 7:46 PM EST
- Where
- Bladen County, 1 mi S of Tar Heel
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -78.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Bladen
- When
- April 15, 7:55 PM EST
- Where
- Bladen County, 3 mi W of White Oak
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.750, -78.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Bladen
- When
- April 15, 8:05 PM EST
- Where
- Bladen County, Ammon to 5 mi E of Ammon
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -78.500
As a thunderstorm raced ENE near 50 mph into Western Robeson County, downburst winds destroyed two mobile homes and injured a person in the Hidden Valley area near Maxton. The storm continued on, causing damage to power lines in Pembroke. An F2 tornado touched down at the Chavis Trailer Park on Moss Neck Rd, East of Pembroke, where 6 mobile homes were completely destroyed. Although there were injures and a death, a woman heeded the warning and left her mobile home before it was destroyed, escaping injury. The storm continued into the eastern part of the county, destroying 2 mobile homes in the Howesville community and then, further east, dropped an F1 tornado which damaged a house and trees. As the storm moved into Western Bladen County, an F2 tornado destroyed 6 mobile homes at the Monroe Trailer Park near Tar Heel. As the storm continued near White Oak, a home was damaged and 2 silos were destroyed. Tree damage occurred in the Northeast part of the county, near Ammon.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Robeson | 1999-04-15 | 36 | Male | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5690803, 5690804, 5690805, 5690806, 5690807, 5690808, 5690809, 5690810.