Hail, Wilkes
- When
- May 1, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Wilkes County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -81.250
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 1, 1990
18 thunderstorm wind, 13 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
- 31
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
18 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Alexander
- When
- May 1, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Alexander County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -81.080
Hail, Stokes
- When
- May 1, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Stokes County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -80.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Graham
- When
- May 1, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -83.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- May 1, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -83.950
Hail, Caldwell
- When
- May 1, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -81.530
Hail, Rutherford
- When
- May 1, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -81.970
Hail, Rockingham
- When
- May 1, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rockingham County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -79.700
Hail, Guilford
- When
- May 1, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -79.680
Hail, Guilford
- When
- May 1, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -79.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- May 1, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Guilford County
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -79.770
Hail, Polk
- When
- May 1, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -82.170
Hail, Rutherford
- When
- May 1, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -82.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Alamance
- When
- May 1, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Alamance County
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -79.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell
- When
- May 1, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Iredell County
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -80.820
Hail, Gaston
- When
- May 1, 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -81.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan
- When
- May 1, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -80.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- May 1, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -79.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Chatham
- When
- May 1, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chatham County
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -79.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Durham
- When
- May 1, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Durham County
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -78.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Gaston
- When
- May 1, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -81.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Wake
- When
- May 1, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wake County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -78.800
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- May 1, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -80.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Harnett
- When
- May 1, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Harnett County
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -78.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnston
- When
- May 1, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -78.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- May 1, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -80.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilson
- When
- May 1, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -77.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- May 1, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -77.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Lenoir
- When
- May 1, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lenoir County
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -77.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- May 1, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -77.680
Hail, Sampson
- When
- May 1, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sampson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -78.450
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: 10088929, 10088930, 10088931, 10088932, 10088933, 10088934, 10088935, 10088936, 10088937, 10088938, 10088939, 10088940, 10088941, 10088942, 10075097, 10089512, 10089513, 10089514, 10089515, 10089516, 10089517, 10089518, 10089519, 10089520, 10089521, 10089522, 10089523, 10089524, 10089525, 10089526, 10089527.