Hail, Wilkes
- When
- September 24, 1:28 PM CST
- Where
- Wilkes County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -81.170
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, September 24, 1988
10 hail, 3 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Durham
- When
- September 24, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Durham County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -78.920
Hail, Orange
- When
- September 24, 2:32 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -79.220
Hail, Iredell
- When
- September 24, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Iredell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -80.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Davie
- When
- September 24, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Davie County
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -80.570
Hail, Nash
- When
- September 24, 3:07 PM CST
- Where
- Nash County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -78.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell
- When
- September 24, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Iredell County
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -80.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- September 24, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -80.320
Hail, Wake
- When
- September 24, 4:18 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -78.330
Hail, Nash
- When
- September 24, 4:18 PM CST
- Where
- Nash County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -78.120
Hail, Edgecombe
- When
- September 24, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Edgecombe County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -77.670
Hail, Chatham
- When
- September 24, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -79.470
Hail, Pitt
- When
- September 24, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Pitt County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -77.370
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
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: 10089389, 10089390, 10089391, 10089392, 10089393, 10089394, 10089395, 10089396, 10089397, 10089398, 10089399, 10089400, 10089401.