Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 18, 10:25 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, Sylva/ Dillsboro
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees and power lines down. One mobile home damaged.
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 18, 1995
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $90,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Graham
- When
- May 18, 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Graham County, Snowbird
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -83.834 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous trees down in the Snowbird area.
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 18, 11:30 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 18, 11:30 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Microburst demolished two mobile homes and damaged seven other homes.
Hail, Haywood
- When
- May 18, 11:30 PM EST
- Where
- Haywood County, Waynesville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.556, -82.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Haywood
- When
- May 18, 11:30 PM EST
- Where
- Haywood County, Lake Junaluska
- Coordinates
- 35.556, -82.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 18, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 18, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, May 18, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 18, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 18, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 18, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maryland, May 18, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 18, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 18, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 18, 1995
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 18, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 18, 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: 10338324, 10338326, 10338325, 10338407, 10338698, 10338699.