Hail, McDowell
- When
- August 21, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- McDowell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -82.070
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 21, 1990
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Swain
- When
- August 21, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Swain County
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -83.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Burke
- When
- August 21, 1:23 PM CST
- Where
- Burke County
- Coordinates
- 35.770, -81.680
Hail, Buncombe
- When
- August 21, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Buncombe County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -82.600
Hail, Henderson
- When
- August 21, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -82.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- August 21, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -82.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Gaston
- When
- August 21, 3:02 PM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -81.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Gaston
- When
- August 21, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -81.380
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 21, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 21, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 21, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 21, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 21, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 21, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 21, 1990
- Hail in South Dakota, August 21, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 21, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 21, 1990
- Hail in New Mexico, August 21, 1990
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: 10087356, 10087357, 10087358, 10087359, 10087360, 10087361, 10087362, 10087363.