Hail, Buncombe
- When
- May 29, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Buncombe County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -82.570
Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 29, 1982
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
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- 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
- 4
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
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Forsyth
- When
- May 29, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -80.380
Hail, Guilford
- When
- May 29, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -80.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- May 29, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -80.000
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 29, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 29, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 29, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 29, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 29, 1982
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, May 29, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 29, 1982
- Hail in West Virginia, May 29, 1982
- Hail in Georgia, May 29, 1982
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1982Every state in 1982This day in weather history
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: 10090027, 10090028, 10090029, 10090030.