Hail, Chatham
- When
- April 30, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -79.270
Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 30, 1981
6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 7
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.
Event by event
6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wake
- When
- April 30, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -78.730
Hail, Wayne
- When
- April 30, 3:41 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -77.970
Hail, Person
- When
- April 30, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Person County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -78.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- April 30, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 79 kt (91 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -77.970
Hail, Craven
- When
- April 30, 4:34 PM CST
- Where
- Craven County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -77.330
Hail, Granville
- When
- April 30, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Granville County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -78.580
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
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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: 10091087, 10091088, 10091089, 10091090, 10091091, 10091092, 10091093.