Hail, Buncombe
- When
- June 17, 2:10 PM EST
- Where
- Buncombe County, Weaverville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in North Carolina, June 17, 1995
4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Macon
- When
- June 17, 2:20 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, Watauga
- When
- June 17, 2:45 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Beech Mountain
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe thunderstorms in northwest North Carolina during the afternoon hours on the 17th produced hail up to nickel-size and damaging lightning. Dime-size hail covered the ground in Seven Devils. A lightning strike destroyed a transformer in Beech Mountain.
Hail, Watauga
- When
- June 17, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Seven Devils
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe thunderstorms in northwest North Carolina during the afternoon hours on the 17th produced hail up to nickel-size and damaging lightning. Dime-size hail covered the ground in Seven Devils. A lightning strike destroyed a transformer in Beech Mountain.
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
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: 10338784, 10338398, 10337690, 10337691.