Thunderstorm Wind, Duplin
- When
- July 5, 3:02 PM EST
- Where
- Duplin County, 0.69 mi N of Concord
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.840, -78.120
Trees were blown down.
Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 5, 2023
Scattered thunderstorms developed and moved through parts of Eastern NC during the late afternoon hours. A couple storms became severe and produced damaging winds.
Where it happened
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- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MHX wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed and moved through parts of Eastern NC during the late afternoon hours. A couple storms became severe and produced damaging winds.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 6:27 PM EST, 20 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:27 PM EST, 20 hours 35 minutes before
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Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Duplin
- When
- July 5, 3:06 PM EST
- Where
- Duplin County, 0.69 mi N of Rose Hill
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -78.030
A tree fell and damaged the roof of a house west of Rose Hill. The time was estimated based on radar data.
Thunderstorm Wind, Duplin
- When
- July 5, 3:09 PM EST
- Where
- Duplin County, 0.57 mi W of Warsaw
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -78.090
Trees were blown down. The time was estimated based on radar data.
Thunderstorm Wind, Duplin
- When
- July 5, 3:14 PM EST
- Where
- Duplin County, 0.89 mi NW of Tin City
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 34.740, -77.980
Trees were blown down. The time was estimated based on radar data.
Thunderstorm Wind, Onslow
- When
- July 5, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Onslow County, 1.33 mi WNW of Haw Branch
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 34.940, -77.640
A tree was blown down and blocking the road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
Thunderstorm Wind, Duplin
- When
- July 5, 3:33 PM EST
- Where
- Duplin County, 3.4 mi E of Sutton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -77.870
A tree fell across highway 50, blocking the road.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 1117526, 1117533, 1117528, 1117527, 1117531, 1117537.