Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 6, 1995

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 6, 1995
Start: 1995-07-06T12:50
End: 1995-07-06T19:00
Location: North Carolina

July 6, 1995 · 16 events in 6 counties and zones

11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 16 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $8,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 16

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.

The radar

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Event by event

11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Rowan

When: July 6, 12:50 PM EST
Where: Rowan County, China Grove
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.640, -80.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Golfball-size hail reported between Salisbury and China Grove.

Hail, Cabarrus

When: July 6, 1:00 PM EST
Where: Cabarrus County, Ne Concord
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.387, -80.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several reports of trees down.

Hail, Caswell

When: July 6, 2:30 PM EST
Where: Caswell County, Providence
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.393, -79.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Caswell

When: July 6, 2:30 PM EST
Where: Caswell County, Providence
Coordinates: 36.393, -79.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cabarrus

When: July 6, 2:50 PM EST
Where: Cabarrus County, Randolph
Coordinates: 35.387, -80.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several reports of trees down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cabarrus

When: July 6, 3:30 PM EST
Where: Cabarrus County, Stanly
Coordinates: 35.387, -80.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Surry

When: July 6, 4:35 PM EST
Where: Surry County, Mount Airy
Property damage: $8,000
Coordinates: 36.415, -80.687 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Surry

When: July 6, 4:40 PM EST
Where: Surry County, Mount Airy
Coordinates: 36.415, -80.687 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Surry

When: July 6, 4:45 PM EST
Where: Surry County, Bottom
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.415, -80.687 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Surry

When: July 6, 4:45 PM EST
Where: Surry County, Bottom
Coordinates: 36.415, -80.687 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cabarrus

When: July 6, 5:00 PM EST
Where: Cabarrus County, Granville
Coordinates: 35.387, -80.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees down on Beltown Road.

Hail, Stokes

When: July 6, 5:30 PM EST
Where: Stokes County, Danbury
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.402, -80.240 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Stokes

When: July 6, 5:30 PM EST
Where: Stokes County, Danbury
Coordinates: 36.402, -80.240 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cabarrus

When: July 6, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Cabarrus County, Person
Coordinates: 35.387, -80.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Surry

When: July 6, 6:30 PM EST
Where: Surry County, Level Cross
Coordinates: 36.415, -80.687 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening hours on the 6th produced hail up to quarter-size and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds downed trees two miles west-southwest of Mount Airy, in Bottom and Level Cross and downed trees and power lines in Danbury. Thunderstorm winds downed trees four miles west of Mount Airy with one falling on a house.

Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell

When: July 6, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Iredell County, Northern
Coordinates: 35.807, -80.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were knocked down.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, July 1995

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: 10337860, 10338836, 10338935, 10338936, 10338837, 10338838, 10338051, 10338052, 10338053, 10338054, 10338839, 10337974, 10337975, 10338840, 10338055, 10338319.