Thunderstorm Wind, Onslow
- When
- August 3, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Onslow County
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -77.230
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 3, 1986
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Scotland
- When
- August 3, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scotland County
- Coordinates
- 34.750, -79.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- August 3, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -77.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Robeson
- When
- August 3, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -79.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Gaston
- When
- August 3, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -81.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- August 3, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -80.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- August 3, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -80.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- August 3, 5:34 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -80.900
Hail, Union
- When
- August 3, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -80.680
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 3, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, August 3, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 3, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 3, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 3, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 3, 1986
- Hail in South Dakota, August 3, 1986
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: 10088138, 10088139, 10088140, 10088141, 10088142, 10088143, 10088144, 10088145, 10088146.