Hail, Cleveland
- When
- May 21, 2:49 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -81.700
Hail in North Carolina, May 21, 1990
5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 5
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 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- May 21, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -81.550
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- May 21, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -81.350
Hail, Union
- When
- May 21, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -80.570
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 21, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.470, -81.270
What these are
- 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
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, May 21, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 21, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 21, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 21, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 21, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 21, 1990
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 21, 1990
- Hail in South Carolina, May 21, 1990
- Hail in Texas, May 21, 1990
- Hail in Kansas, May 21, 1990
- Hail in Missouri, May 21, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 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: 10089562, 10089563, 10089564, 10089565, 10089566.