Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- April 15, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -83.830
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 15, 1987
19 hail, 9 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
- 28
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, 9 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Clay
- When
- April 15, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -83.880
Hail, Union
- When
- April 15, 4:21 AM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -80.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell
- When
- April 15, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -81.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- April 15, 9:17 AM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -80.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Surry
- When
- April 15, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Surry County
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -80.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Brunswick
- When
- April 15, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Brunswick County
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -78.530
Hail, Gaston
- When
- April 15, 12:58 PM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -81.020
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- April 15, 1:06 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -80.870
Thunderstorm Wind, New Hanover
- When
- April 15, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- New Hanover County
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -77.930
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- April 15, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -80.780
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- April 15, 2:03 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -80.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Cabarrus
- When
- April 15, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cabarrus County
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -80.630
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- April 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -80.850
Hail, Anson
- When
- April 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Anson County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -80.100
Hail, Davie
- When
- April 15, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Davie County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -80.450
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- April 15, 3:34 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -80.850
Hail, Rowan
- When
- April 15, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -80.600
Hail, Anson
- When
- April 15, 3:43 PM CST
- Where
- Anson County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -80.100
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- April 15, 3:51 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -80.850
Hail, Anson
- When
- April 15, 4:03 PM CST
- Where
- Anson County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -80.130
Hail, Rowan
- When
- April 15, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -80.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth
- When
- April 15, 4:38 PM CST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -80.380
Hail, Carteret
- When
- April 15, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Carteret County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -76.420
Hail, Davidson
- When
- April 15, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -80.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- April 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -79.800
Hail, Davidson
- When
- April 15, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -80.080
Hail, Davidson
- When
- April 15, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -80.230
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
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: 10089269, 10089270, 10089271, 10089272, 10089273, 10089274, 10089275, 10089276, 10089277, 10089278, 10089279, 10089280, 10089281, 10089282, 10089283, 10089284, 10089285, 10089286, 10089287, 10089288, 10089289, 10089290, 10089291, 10089292, 10089293, 10089294, 10089295, 10088377.