Thunderstorm Wind, Pender
- When
- May 23, 11:40 AM CST
- Where
- Pender County
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -77.970
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 23, 1989
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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
- 11
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pitt
- When
- May 23, 12:56 PM CST
- Where
- Pitt County
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -77.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Hertford
- When
- May 23, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hertford County
- Coordinates
- 36.450, -77.100
Hail, Iredell
- When
- May 23, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Iredell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -80.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- May 23, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -79.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnston
- When
- May 23, 6:11 PM CST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -78.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilson
- When
- May 23, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -78.070
Hail, Edgecombe
- When
- May 23, 7:03 PM CST
- Where
- Edgecombe County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -77.670
Hail, Pitt
- When
- May 23, 7:22 PM CST
- Where
- Pitt County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -77.380
Hail, Gates
- When
- May 23, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gates County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -76.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Hertford
- When
- May 23, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hertford County
- Coordinates
- 36.450, -77.100
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 23, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 23, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 23, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 23, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 23, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 23, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 23, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 23, 1989
- Hail in South Dakota, May 23, 1989
- Hail in Mississippi, May 23, 1989
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, May 23, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 23, 1989
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: 10087261, 10087262, 10087263, 10087264, 10087265, 10087266, 10087267, 10087268, 10087269, 10087270, 10087271.