Hail, Cherokee
- When
- March 15, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -84.130
Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 15, 1989
16 hail, 1 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
- 17
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
16 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Macon
- When
- March 15, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -83.400
Hail, Jackson
- When
- March 15, 2:03 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -83.130
Hail, Wilkes
- When
- March 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wilkes County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -81.130
Hail, Catawba
- When
- March 15, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Catawba County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -81.320
Hail, Yadkin
- When
- March 15, 3:12 PM CST
- Where
- Yadkin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -80.670
Hail, Rockingham
- When
- March 15, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rockingham County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -79.770
Hail, Iredell
- When
- March 15, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Iredell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -80.900
Hail, Alamance
- When
- March 15, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Alamance County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -79.430
Hail, Person
- When
- March 15, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Person County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -78.950
Hail, Orange
- When
- March 15, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -79.070
Hail, Durham
- When
- March 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Durham County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -78.930
Hail, Granville
- When
- March 15, 4:42 PM CST
- Where
- Granville County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -78.720
Hail, Forsyth
- When
- March 15, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -80.230
Hail, Vance
- When
- March 15, 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Vance County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -78.400
Hail, Warren
- When
- March 15, 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -78.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Hertford
- When
- March 15, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hertford County
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -76.800
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
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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: 10090524, 10090525, 10090526, 10090527, 10090528, 10090529, 10090530, 10090531, 10090532, 10090533, 10090534, 10090535, 10090536, 10090537, 10090538, 10090539, 10090540.