Hail, Transylvania
- When
- May 2, 3:32 PM CST
- Where
- Transylvania County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -82.830
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 2, 1990
10 hail, 9 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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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, 9 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Transylvania
- When
- May 2, 3:56 PM CST
- Where
- Transylvania County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -82.650
Hail, Alexander
- When
- May 2, 4:33 PM CST
- Where
- Alexander County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -81.180
Hail, Davie
- When
- May 2, 5:19 PM CST
- Where
- Davie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -80.570
Hail, Rowan
- When
- May 2, 6:33 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -80.430
Hail, Davidson
- When
- May 2, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -80.200
Hail, Alexander
- When
- May 2, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Alexander County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -81.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- May 2, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -80.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Moore
- When
- May 2, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -79.280
Hail, Iredell
- When
- May 2, 7:38 PM CST
- Where
- Iredell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -80.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- May 2, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -80.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan
- When
- May 2, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -80.680
Hail, Union
- When
- May 2, 8:49 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -80.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- May 2, 8:59 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -80.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- May 2, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -80.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- May 2, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -79.200
Hail, Anson
- When
- May 2, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Anson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -80.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Harnett
- When
- May 2, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harnett County
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -78.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Moore
- When
- May 2, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -79.450
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: 10089528, 10089529, 10089530, 10089531, 10089532, 10089533, 10089534, 10089535, 10089536, 10089537, 10089538, 10089539, 10089540, 10089541, 10089542, 10089543, 10089544, 10089545, 10089546.