Hail, Gaston
- When
- May 6, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -81.380
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 6, 1984
9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 6, 5:10 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.470, -81.270
Hail, Guilford
- When
- May 6, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -79.700
Hail, Durham
- When
- May 6, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Durham County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -78.920
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 6, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -78.230
Hail, Orange
- When
- May 6, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -79.070
Hail, Granville
- When
- May 6, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Granville County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -78.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- May 6, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -78.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Nash
- When
- May 6, 8:40 AM CST
- Where
- Nash County
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -77.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Dare
- When
- May 6, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Dare County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -75.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Dare
- When
- May 6, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dare County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -75.520
Hail, Watauga
- When
- May 6, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Watauga County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -81.680
Hail, Watauga
- When
- May 6, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Watauga County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -81.680
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 Kentucky, May 6, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 6, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 6, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 6, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 6, 1984
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 6, 1984
- Hail in Illinois, May 6, 1984
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1984Every state in 1984This 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: 10089227, 10089228, 10089441, 10089442, 10089443, 10089444, 10089445, 10089446, 10089447, 10089448, 10089449, 10089450, 10089451.