Thunderstorm Wind, Lenoir
- When
- May 2, 2:15 AM EST
- Where
- Lenoir County, Grifton
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 35.239, -77.641 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 2, 1995
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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.
- 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
- $155,000
- Crop damage
- $11,000
- 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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pitt
- When
- May 2, 2:21 AM EST
- Where
- Pitt County, Black Jack
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 35.594, -77.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaufort
- When
- May 2, 2:40 AM EST
- Where
- Beaufort County, Washington
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.486, -76.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaufort
- When
- May 2, 2:45 AM EST
- Where
- Beaufort County, Chocowinity
- Coordinates
- 35.486, -76.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Beaufort
- When
- May 2, 3:13 AM EST
- Where
- Beaufort County, Bath
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.486, -76.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Beaufort
- When
- May 2, 3:13 AM EST
- Where
- Beaufort County, Belhaven
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 35.486, -76.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Hyde
- When
- May 2, 3:30 AM EST
- Where
- Hyde County, Fairfield
- Coordinates
- 35.410, -76.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Hyde
- When
- May 2, 3:35 AM EST
- Where
- Hyde County, Swan Quarter
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.410, -76.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Dare
- When
- May 2, 4:50 AM EST
- Where
- Dare County, Salvo
- Coordinates
- 35.787, -75.781 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe thunderstorms swept across eastern North Carolina during the early morning hours. Trees were down on one mobile home and two houses in Grifton and a mobile home in Black Jack. Mobile homes were overturned in Ayden. Sixty mph winds were reported by spotters in Washington. Marble-size and golf ball-size hail occurred in Belhaven and Bath. Soft ball-size hail in Swan Quarter punched holes in the roofs of metal buildings.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dare
- When
- May 2, 4:50 AM EST
- Where
- Dare County, Wave
- Coordinates
- 35.787, -75.781 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe thunderstorms swept across eastern North Carolina during the early morning hours. Trees were down on one mobile home and two houses in Grifton and a mobile home in Black Jack. Mobile homes were overturned in Ayden. Sixty mph winds were reported by spotters in Washington. Marble-size and golf ball-size hail occurred in Belhaven and Bath. Soft ball-size hail in Swan Quarter punched holes in the roofs of metal buildings.
Hail, Dare
- When
- May 2, 4:50 AM EST
- Where
- Dare County, Rodanthe
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.787, -75.781 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe thunderstorms swept across eastern North Carolina during the early morning hours. Trees were down on one mobile home and two houses in Grifton and a mobile home in Black Jack. Mobile homes were overturned in Ayden. Sixty mph winds were reported by spotters in Washington. Marble-size and golf ball-size hail occurred in Belhaven and Bath. Soft ball-size hail in Swan Quarter punched holes in the roofs of metal buildings.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 10338370, 10337666, 10338556, 10338557, 10338558, 10338559, 10338305, 10338306, 10338185, 10338186, 10338243.