Hail, Ashe
- When
- March 26, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ashe County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -81.500
Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 26, 1988
6 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
6 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wilkes
- When
- March 26, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wilkes County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.350, -81.030
Tornado, Chowan
- When
- March 26, 3:32 PM CST
- Where
- Chowan County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -76.620
Hail, Rockingham
- When
- March 26, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rockingham County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -79.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Moore
- When
- March 26, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -79.600
Hail, Chatham
- When
- March 26, 7:13 PM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -79.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Chatham
- When
- March 26, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -79.050
Tornado, Wake
- When
- March 26, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -78.900
Hail, Gates
- When
- March 26, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Gates County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -76.750
Hail, Wilson
- When
- March 26, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -77.920
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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: 10088220, 10088221, 10088222, 10088223, 10088224, 10088225, 10088226, 10088227, 10088228, 10088229.