Hail, Pender
- When
- April 16, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Pender County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -77.930
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 16, 1985
19 hail, 2 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
- 21
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
19 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cumberland
- When
- April 16, 12:07 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -78.900
Hail, Moore
- When
- April 16, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -79.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Moore
- When
- April 16, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -79.420
Hail, Cumberland
- When
- April 16, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -78.770
Hail, Columbus
- When
- April 16, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Columbus County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -78.820
Hail, Columbus
- When
- April 16, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Columbus County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -78.650
Hail, Cumberland
- When
- April 16, 12:53 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -79.000
Hail, Cumberland
- When
- April 16, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -78.900
Hail, Pender
- When
- April 16, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pender County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -78.100
Hail, Forsyth
- When
- April 16, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -80.320
Hail, Sampson
- When
- April 16, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Sampson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -78.330
Hail, Wake
- When
- April 16, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -78.330
Hail, Johnston
- When
- April 16, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -78.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- April 16, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -78.480
Hail, Pender
- When
- April 16, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pender County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -78.050
Hail, Wayne
- When
- April 16, 2:59 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -77.970
Hail, New Hanover
- When
- April 16, 3:07 PM CST
- Where
- New Hanover County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -77.900
Hail, Edgecombe
- When
- April 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Edgecombe County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -77.750
Hail, New Hanover
- When
- April 16, 4:09 PM CST
- Where
- New Hanover County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -77.930
Hail, Edgecombe
- When
- April 16, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Edgecombe County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -77.680
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.
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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: 10091240, 10091241, 10091242, 10091243, 10091244, 10091245, 10091246, 10091247, 10091248, 10091249, 10091250, 10091251, 10091252, 10091253, 10091254, 10091255, 10091256, 10091257, 10091258, 10091259, 10091260.