Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 19, 1993

Name: Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 19, 1993
Start: 1993-05-19T07:47
End: 1993-05-19T16:30
Location: North Carolina

May 19, 1993 · 27 events in 16 counties and zones

24 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 27 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
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $75,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 27

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

24 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mecklenburg

When: May 19, 7:47 AM EST
Where: Mecklenburg County, Charlotte
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.247, -80.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg

When: May 19, 8:00 AM EST
Where: Mecklenburg County, Charlotte
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.247, -80.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thirty trees were blown down and a carport destroyed.

Hail, Cabarrus

When: May 19, 8:15 AM EST
Where: Cabarrus County, Concord
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.387, -80.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Stanly

When: May 19, 8:30 AM EST
Where: Stanly County, Oakboro
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.312, -80.251 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wake

When: May 19, 8:40 AM EST
Where: Wake County, New Hill
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wake

When: May 19, 8:40 AM EST
Where: Wake County, Apex
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wake

When: May 19, 8:50 AM EST
Where: Wake County, Apex
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Chatham

When: May 19, 8:50 AM EST
Where: Chatham County, Goldston
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.703, -79.255 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wake

When: May 19, 8:55 AM EST
Where: Wake County, Cary
Measured: 2.25 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Montgomery

When: May 19, 9:10 AM EST
Where: Montgomery County, Troy
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.333, -79.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wake

When: May 19, 9:35 AM EST
Where: Wake County, Apex
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wake

When: May 19, 9:40 AM EST
Where: Wake County, Cary
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wake

When: May 19, 9:50 AM EST
Where: Wake County, Raleigh
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Franklin

When: May 19, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Franklin County, Youngsville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.083, -78.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lee

When: May 19, 10:40 AM EST
Where: Lee County, Sanford
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.475, -79.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wake

When: May 19, 10:47 AM EST
Where: Wake County, Raleigh
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Johnston

When: May 19, 11:26 AM EST
Where: Johnston County, Wilson Mills
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 35.518, -78.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Johnston

When: May 19, 11:38 AM EST
Where: Johnston County, Smithfield
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.518, -78.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wilson

When: May 19, 12:07 PM EST
Where: Wilson County, Wilson
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.705, -77.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Edgecombe

When: May 19, 12:30 PM EST
Where: Edgecombe County, Pinetops
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.913, -77.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pitt

When: May 19, 12:49 PM EST
Where: Pitt County, Greensville
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.594, -77.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A wooden frame house was destroyed and another damaged.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pitt

When: May 19, 12:49 PM EST
Where: Pitt County, Winterville
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 35.594, -77.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A wooden frame house was destroyed and another damaged.

Hail, Bertie

When: May 19, 1:20 PM EST
Where: Bertie County, Windsor
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.066, -76.967 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lenoir

When: May 19, 1:30 PM EST
Where: Lenoir County, Kinston
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.239, -77.641 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Craven

When: May 19, 1:42 PM EST
Where: Craven County, Dover
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.117, -77.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Buncombe

When: May 19, 2:10 PM EST
Where: Buncombe County, Asheville
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Witnesses observed funnel touch down briefly near Biltmore Village.

Hail, Craven

When: May 19, 4:30 PM EST
Where: Craven County, Cherry Point
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.117, -77.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.
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

Every storm in North Carolina in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history The tornado archive for North Carolina, 1993 Warnings in North Carolina, May 1993

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: 10338416, 10338417, 10338834, 10337967, 10337540, 10337541, 10337542, 10338992, 10337543, 10338444, 10337544, 10337545, 10337546, 10338236, 10338360, 10337547, 10338332, 10338333, 10337881, 10338224, 10337658, 10337659, 10338563, 10338364, 10338147, 10338780, 10338148.