Thunderstorm Wind, Johnston
- When
- May 19, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -78.350
Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 19, 1988
6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- $3,000
- 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, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Robeson
- When
- May 19, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -79.000
Hail, Wake
- When
- May 19, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -78.670
Hail, Wake
- When
- May 19, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -78.670
Hail, Durham
- When
- May 19, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Durham County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -78.920
Hail, Granville
- When
- May 19, 6:12 PM CST
- Where
- Granville County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -78.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Hertford
- When
- May 19, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hertford County
- Coordinates
- 36.450, -77.100
Hail, Wilson
- When
- May 19, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -77.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilson
- When
- May 19, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -77.870
Tornado, Hoke
- When
- May 19, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hoke County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -79.350
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.
- 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.
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: 10090444, 10090445, 10090446, 10090447, 10090448, 10090449, 10090450, 10090451, 10090452, 10090453.