Hail, Granville
- When
- August 11, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Granville County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -78.630
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 11, 1986
12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Granville
- When
- August 11, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Granville County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -78.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Vance
- When
- August 11, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Vance County
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -78.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- August 11, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -79.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- August 11, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -79.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Durham
- When
- August 11, 1:38 PM CST
- Where
- Durham County
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -78.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan
- When
- August 11, 2:23 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -80.680
Hail, Franklin
- When
- August 11, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -78.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- August 11, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -78.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- August 11, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -79.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- August 11, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -78.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- August 11, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -78.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- August 11, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -77.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Pitt
- When
- August 11, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pitt County
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -77.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnston
- When
- August 11, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Coordinates
- 35.550, -78.370
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Durham | 1986-08-11 | Direct |
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: 10089230, 10089231, 10089232, 10089233, 10089234, 10089235, 10089236, 10089237, 10089238, 10089239, 10089240, 10089241, 10089242, 10089243, 10089244.