North Carolina, 2023Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, March 26 to 27, 2023
March 26 to 27, 2023 · NWS ILM · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
A cold front brought once incidence of wind damage and one funnel cloud report.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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.
A cold front brought once incidence of wind damage and one funnel cloud report.
Event by event
1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, New Hanover
- When
- March 26, 12:07 PM EST
- Where
- New Hanover County, 1.14 mi W of Baymeade
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -77.840
Fire Marshall reported structure fires due to lightning near the intersection of Gordo Road and Mission Hiills Drive with little to no damage.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brunswick
- When
- March 27, 2:59 AM EST
- Where
- Brunswick County, Cool Run
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -78.470
A thunderstorm produced winds of 60 mph at the intersection of US 17 and Mintz Cemetery Road. An open sided shed roof was polled off and blown several hundred yards.
Funnel Cloud, Brunswick
- When
- March 27, 3:09 AM EST
- Where
- Brunswick County, Supply
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -78.270
Looking south from Hwy 211 and 17.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, March 26 to 28, 202310 injured · $296,000 · EF3 · 103 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, March 26, 2023$21 million · 2.75 in hail · 53 events
- Avalanche and Heavy Snow in Utah, March 26 to 27, 20231 death · 3 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, March 26 to 27, 2023EF2 · 48 events
- Hail in Louisiana, March 26, 2023$530,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 26, 2023$69,000 · 2.75 in hail · 8 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in South Carolina, March 26 to 27, 2023$36,000 · 1.75 in hail · 19 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Alabama, March 26, 2023EF1 · 17 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 26, 20231 in hail · 15 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Nebraska, March 26, 20238 events
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 26, 20237 events
- Hail in Illinois, March 26, 20231.25 in hail · 6 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: 1082717, 1082720, 1082715.