Hail, Columbus
- When
- May 20, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Columbus County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -78.830
Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 20, 1988
5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pitt
- When
- May 20, 3:24 PM CST
- Where
- Pitt County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -77.270
Hail, Martin
- When
- May 20, 3:34 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -76.900
Hail, Bertie
- When
- May 20, 4:09 PM CST
- Where
- Bertie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -76.770
Hail, Gates
- When
- May 20, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Gates County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.430, -76.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Chowan
- When
- May 20, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Chowan County
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -76.680
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.
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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: 10090454, 10090455, 10090456, 10090457, 10090458, 10090459.