Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- July 19, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County, Matthews
- Coordinates
- 35.247, -80.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several trees and power lines were blown down.
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 19, 1994
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 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
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- July 19, 5:05 PM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County, Charlotte
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.247, -80.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Golfball-size hail fell in SW Charlotte.
Thunderstorm Wind, Gaston
- When
- July 19, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Gaston County, S Portion
- Coordinates
- 35.294, -81.180 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several trees blown down on South New Hope Church Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- July 19, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Cleveland County, Grover
- Coordinates
- 35.334, -81.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees and power lines down marble-size hail was reported.
Thunderstorm Wind, Stokes
- When
- July 19, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Stokes County, King
- Coordinates
- 36.402, -80.240 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several trees were blown down near King due to high winds.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 19, 1994
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 19, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 19, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 19, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 19, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 19, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 19, 1994
- Hail in North Dakota, July 19, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 19, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 19, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 19, 1994
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 1994
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: 10338420, 10338421, 10338249, 10339070, 10337973.