Hail, Columbus
- When
- May 16, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Columbus County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -79.000
Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 16, 1985
11 hail, 1 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
- 12
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
11 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Columbus
- When
- May 16, 2:22 PM CST
- Where
- Columbus County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -78.880
Hail, Cumberland
- When
- May 16, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -79.000
Hail, Hoke
- When
- May 16, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hoke County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -79.220
Hail, Cumberland
- When
- May 16, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -78.950
Hail, Robeson
- When
- May 16, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -79.130
Hail, Robeson
- When
- May 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.820, -79.180
Hail, Brunswick
- When
- May 16, 4:07 PM CST
- Where
- Brunswick County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -78.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkes
- When
- May 16, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wilkes County
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -81.150
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- May 16, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -80.850
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- May 16, 7:23 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -80.900
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- May 16, 7:49 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -80.950
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
More
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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: 10087887, 10087888, 10087889, 10087890, 10087891, 10087892, 10087893, 10087894, 10087895, 10087896, 10087897, 10087898.