Hail, Robeson
- When
- May 1, 3:24 PM EST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.640, -79.103 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 1, 1994
11 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 12 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
11 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Robeson
- When
- May 1, 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Robeson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.640, -79.103 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Columbus
- When
- May 1, 4:17 PM EST
- Where
- Columbus County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.265, -78.655 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Johnston
- When
- May 1, 4:35 PM EST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.518, -78.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Edgecombe
- When
- May 1, 4:58 PM EST
- Where
- Edgecombe County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.913, -77.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Pitt
- When
- May 1, 5:16 PM EST
- Where
- Pitt County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.594, -77.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Harnett
- When
- May 1, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Harnett County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.369, -78.869 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Edgecombe
- When
- May 1, 5:53 PM EST
- Where
- Edgecombe County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.913, -77.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Harnett
- When
- May 1, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Harnett County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.369, -78.869 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two miles south of Dunn, near the intersection of Highway 301 and Arrowhead Road, a small tornado destroyed a garage, which was attached to a manufactured home, on a brick foundation. The porch and the roof of the home were also damaged. Down the street a few yards, two large oak trees were uprooted and landed on the roof of a house.
Hail, Wayne
- When
- May 1, 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.364, -78.004 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Wake
- When
- May 1, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wake County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Johnston
- When
- May 1, 9:15 PM EST
- Where
- Johnston County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.518, -78.366 (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.
- 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
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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: 10338823, 10338824, 10338124, 10338335, 10338225, 10337660, 10338614, 10338226, 10338615, 10337695, 10337552, 10338336.