Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- May 24, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -81.550
Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 1988
17 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 25
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, 7 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- May 24, 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -81.280
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 24, 11:05 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -78.100
Hail, Gaston
- When
- May 24, 11:24 AM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Measured
- 0.9 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -81.180
Hail, Warren
- When
- May 24, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -78.100
Hail, Halifax
- When
- May 24, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Halifax County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -77.950
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- May 24, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 0.9 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -80.850
Tornado, Union
- When
- May 24, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -80.570
Hail, Moore
- When
- May 24, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -79.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Stanly
- When
- May 24, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Stanly County
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -80.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- May 24, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -79.170
Hail, Moore
- When
- May 24, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -79.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Robeson
- When
- May 24, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -79.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Robeson
- When
- May 24, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -79.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- May 24, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -78.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Robeson
- When
- May 24, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -78.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Bladen
- When
- May 24, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Bladen County
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -78.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Sampson
- When
- May 24, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sampson County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -78.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Duplin
- When
- May 24, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Duplin County
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -77.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Duplin
- When
- May 24, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Duplin County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -77.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Craven
- When
- May 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Craven County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -77.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaufort
- When
- May 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Beaufort County
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -77.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Pitt
- When
- May 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pitt County
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -77.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- May 24, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -77.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Tyrrell
- When
- May 24, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Tyrrell County
- Measured
- 77 kt (89 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -76.250
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
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, May 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 24, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, May 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 24, 1988
- Hail in Massachusetts, May 24, 1988
- Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, May 24, 1988
- Hail in Montana, May 24, 1988
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 1988Warnings in North Carolina, May 1988
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: 10090472, 10090473, 10090474, 10090475, 10090476, 10090477, 10090478, 10090479, 10090480, 10090481, 10090482, 10090483, 10090484, 10090485, 10090486, 10090487, 10090488, 10090489, 10090490, 10090491, 10090492, 10090493, 10090494, 10090495, 10090496.