Hail, Cleveland
- When
- March 7, 1:59 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -81.550
Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 7, 1992
16 hail, 3 tornado, 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
- $503,000
- 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
16 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- March 7, 2:08 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -81.400
Hail, Catawba
- When
- March 7, 2:26 PM CST
- Where
- Catawba County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -81.320
Tornado, Catawba
- When
- March 7, 3:28 PM EST
- Where
- Catawba County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -80.970
Hail, Gaston
- When
- March 7, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -81.280
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- March 7, 3:41 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -81.000
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- March 7, 2:42 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -81.350
Tornado, Iredell
- When
- March 7, 3:50 PM EST
- Where
- Iredell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -80.920
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- March 7, 2:53 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -80.850
Hail, Gaston
- When
- March 7, 2:54 PM CST
- Where
- Gaston County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -81.250
Hail, Catawba
- When
- March 7, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Catawba County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -81.220
Hail, Yadkin
- When
- March 7, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Yadkin County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -80.850
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- March 7, 3:53 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -80.850
Hail, Davie
- When
- March 7, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Davie County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -80.630
Hail, Rowan
- When
- March 7, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -80.600
Hail, Rowan
- When
- March 7, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -80.530
Hail, Rowan
- When
- March 7, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -80.530
Hail, Rowan
- When
- March 7, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.720, -80.450
Hail, Edgecombe
- When
- March 7, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Edgecombe County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -77.530
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1992Every state in 1992This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 1992Warnings in North Carolina, March 1992
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: 10160147, 10160149, 10160151, 10091702, 10160152, 10087175, 10160153, 10087176, 10160154, 10160155, 10160156, 10160159, 10160162, 10160375, 10160377, 10160379, 10160380, 10160381, 10160383.