Hail, Surry
- When
- June 16, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Surry County, Mount Airy
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 36.415, -80.687 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in North Carolina, June 16, 1995
8 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Events
- 8
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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rockingham
- When
- June 16, 1:30 PM EST to 1:40 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, To 2 Nw to Stoneville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.396, -79.775 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Ashe
- When
- June 16, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Ashe County, Fleetwood
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.434, -81.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Watauga
- When
- June 16, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Blowing Rock
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Wilkes
- When
- June 16, 2:25 PM EST to 2:40 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkes County, To 5 to Sse Ronda
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 36.206, -81.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms in northwest and north-central North Carolina during the afternoon hours on the 16th produced damaging lightning and hail up to golf ball-size. Hail up to nickel-size in combination with winds of 40 to 50 mph damaged the tobacco crop from two and a half miles northeast to five miles south-southeast of Ronda. Hail up to dime-size damaged the tobacco crop five miles southwest of Mount Airy. Lightning hit a house two miles southeast of Mount Airy which resulted in minimal damage.
Hail, Forsyth
- When
- June 16, 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.131, -80.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Macon
- When
- June 16, 3:55 PM EST
- Where
- Macon County, Franklin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -83.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Sampson
- When
- June 16, 8:18 PM EST
- Where
- Sampson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.992, -78.371 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 16, 1995
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- Hail in Ohio, June 16, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Idaho, June 16, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Utah, June 16, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 16, 1995
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, June 16, 1995
- Tornado in California, June 16, 1995
- Hail in West Virginia, June 16, 1995
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 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: 10338050, 10337788, 10338546, 10337689, 10337794, 10338233, 10338397, 10337958.