Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- May 1, 8:10 PM EST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Coordinates
- 35.334, -81.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down.
Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 1, 1995
11 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- None recorded
- 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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- May 1, 8:40 PM EST
- Where
- Cleveland County, Nr Grover
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.334, -81.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Gaston
- When
- May 1, 8:59 PM EST
- Where
- Gaston County, Nr Kannapolis
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.294, -81.180 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Gaston
- When
- May 1, 9:03 PM EST
- Where
- Gaston County, Gastonia
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.294, -81.180 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Union
- When
- May 1, 9:07 PM EST
- Where
- Union County, New Salem
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.988, -80.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Golf ball-size hail at Highway 218 and 205.
Hail, Cabarrus
- When
- May 1, 9:11 PM EST
- Where
- Cabarrus County, Mt Pleasant
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.387, -80.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- May 1, 9:17 PM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County, Charlotte
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.247, -80.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail at South Tryon and Nations Ford Road.
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- May 1, 9:25 PM EST
- Where
- Cleveland County, Kannapolis
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.334, -81.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- May 1, 9:40 PM EST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.334, -81.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Union
- When
- May 1, 9:41 PM EST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.988, -80.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Union
- When
- May 1, 9:42 PM EST
- Where
- Union County, Indian Trail
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.988, -80.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Anson
- When
- May 1, 10:20 PM EST
- Where
- Anson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.974, -80.103 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Golf ball-size hail near Union County line.
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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in California, May 1, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, May 1, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 1, 1995
- Hail in Arkansas, May 1, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Utah, May 1, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 1, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 1, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 1 to 31, 1995
- Hail in South Dakota, May 1 to 21, 1995
- Tornado in Puerto Rico, May 1, 1995
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 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: 10339073, 10339074, 10338253, 10338254, 10337472, 10338835, 10338422, 10339075, 10339076, 10337473, 10337474, 10338122.