Hail, Forsyth
- When
- April 26, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -80.230
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 26, 1986
12 hail, 5 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
- 17
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
12 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Davidson
- When
- April 26, 3:37 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -80.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Stanly
- When
- April 26, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Stanly County
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -80.230
Hail, Person
- When
- April 26, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Person County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -78.980
Hail, Alamance
- When
- April 26, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Alamance County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -79.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Stanly
- When
- April 26, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Stanly County
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -80.220
Hail, Durham
- When
- April 26, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Durham County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -78.920
Hail, Durham
- When
- April 26, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Durham County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -78.920
Hail, Chatham
- When
- April 26, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -79.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- April 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -79.070
Hail, Orange
- When
- April 26, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -79.170
Hail, Chatham
- When
- April 26, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -79.150
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- April 26, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -80.900
Hail, Harnett
- When
- April 26, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Harnett County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -78.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- April 26, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -81.550
Hail, Lee
- When
- April 26, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -79.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Chatham
- When
- April 26, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -79.150
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 Iowa, April 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, April 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 26, 1986
- Hail in South Carolina, April 26, 1986
- Hail in Texas, April 26, 1986
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 1986
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: 10090232, 10090233, 10090234, 10090235, 10090236, 10090237, 10090238, 10090239, 10090240, 10090241, 10090242, 10090243, 10090244, 10090245, 10090246, 10090247, 10090248.