Hail, Gaston
- When
- June 26, 2:48 PM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -81.180
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 26, 1988
17 thunderstorm wind, 6 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
- 23
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
17 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Moore
- When
- June 26, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -79.250
Hail, Gaston
- When
- June 26, 3:17 PM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -81.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Gaston
- When
- June 26, 3:37 PM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -81.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Stokes
- When
- June 26, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Stokes County
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -80.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Gaston
- When
- June 26, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -81.050
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- June 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -80.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Caswell
- When
- June 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caswell County
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -79.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Rockingham
- When
- June 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rockingham County
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -79.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell
- When
- June 26, 4:02 PM CST
- Where
- Iredell County
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -80.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth
- When
- June 26, 4:07 PM CST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -80.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- June 26, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -79.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Alamance
- When
- June 26, 4:42 PM CST
- Where
- Alamance County
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -79.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Person
- When
- June 26, 4:48 PM CST
- Where
- Person County
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -78.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- June 26, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -79.820
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- June 26, 5:18 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -80.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- June 26, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -79.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- June 26, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -78.030
Hail, Randolph
- When
- June 26, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -79.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- June 26, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -79.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- June 26, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -78.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Carteret
- When
- June 26, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Carteret County
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -76.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Harnett
- When
- June 26, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Harnett County
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -78.870
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, Guilford | 1988-06-26 | 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
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 26, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 1988
- Tornado in Colorado, June 26, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 26, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 26, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, June 26, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 26, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 26, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 26, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Oregon, June 26, 1988
- Hail in Connecticut, June 26, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 26, 1988
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: 10088244, 10088245, 10088246, 10088247, 10088248, 10088249, 10088250, 10088251, 10088252, 10088253, 10088254, 10088255, 10088256, 10088257, 10088258, 10088259, 10088260, 10088261, 10088262, 10088263, 10088264, 10088265, 10088266.