Thunderstorm Wind, Johnston
- When
- April 26, 12:15 PM EST
- Where
- Johnston County, McGee'S
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 35.518, -78.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An unoccupied mobile home was destroyed.
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 26, 1993
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $50,000
- 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
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chatham
- When
- April 26, 2:45 PM EST
- Where
- Chatham County, Gulf
- Coordinates
- 35.703, -79.255 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Lee
- When
- April 26, 2:55 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, Sanford
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.475, -79.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Harnett
- When
- April 26, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Harnett County, Lillington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.369, -78.869 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Johnston
- When
- April 26, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Johnston County, Smithfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.518, -78.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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.
- 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
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: 10338330, 10338991, 10338359, 10338613, 10338331.