North Carolina, 1995Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 13, 1995
May 13, 1995 · 11 events in 6 counties and zones
6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $260,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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.
Hail, Watauga
- When
- May 13, 3:06 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Sugar Grove
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms developed in the mountains of northwest North Carolina during the afternoon hours on the 13th and produced hail to slightly larger than quarter-size. Nickel-size hail covered the ground in Boone.
Hail, Watauga
- When
- May 13, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Boone
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms developed in the mountains of northwest North Carolina during the afternoon hours on the 13th and produced hail to slightly larger than quarter-size. Nickel-size hail covered the ground in Boone.
Hail, Watauga
- When
- May 13, 3:20 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Blowing Rock
- Measured
- 1.1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms developed in the mountains of northwest North Carolina during the afternoon hours on the 13th and produced hail to slightly larger than quarter-size. Nickel-size hail covered the ground in Boone.
Hail, Watauga
- When
- May 13, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Blowing Rock
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms developed in the mountains of northwest North Carolina during the afternoon hours on the 13th and produced hail to slightly larger than quarter-size. Nickel-size hail covered the ground in Boone.
Thunderstorm Wind, Stanly
- When
- May 13, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Stanly County
- Coordinates
- 35.312, -80.251 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down on the Montgomery County line and at the edge of the Pee Dee River south of Morrow Mountain State Park.
Hail, Rowan
- When
- May 13, 5:33 PM EST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.640, -80.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rowan County Sheriff reported numerous trees and power lines down throughout the county.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan
- When
- May 13, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Rowan County
- Coordinates
- 35.640, -80.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rowan County Sheriff reported numerous trees and power lines down throughout the county.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 13, 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Nr Mt. Gilead
- Property damage
- $170,000
- Coordinates
- 35.333, -79.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees and power lines down. Six houses damaged.
Hail, Scotland
- When
- May 13, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Scotland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -79.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down. Several homes damaged.
Thunderstorm Wind, Richmond
- When
- May 13, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Richmond County
- Coordinates
- 35.006, -79.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Scotland
- When
- May 13, 7:06 PM EST
- Where
- Scotland County, Laurenburg
- Property damage
- $90,000
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -79.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down. Several homes damaged.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 13, 199579 injured · $24 million · F4 · 44 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 13, 19953 deaths · 6 injured · $4.3 million · F2 · 11 events
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 13, 19953 injured · $687,000 · F2 · 23 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, May 13, 1995$898,000 · F2 · 20 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 13, 1995$152,000 · 2 in hail · 22 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in California, May 13, 1995$255,000 · F0 · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 13, 1995$53,000 · 1.75 in hail · 27 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 13, 1995$6,000 · F0 · 17 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 13, 1995$3,000 · 0.75 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 13, 19951.75 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 13, 1995$9,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 13, 199551 kt wind · 4 events
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: 10337617, 10337685, 10337686, 10337687, 10337971, 10337858, 10337859, 10338445, 10337962, 10338822, 10337963.