Hail, Yadkin
- When
- July 2, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Yadkin County, 5 mi WNW of Yadkinville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -80.750
Hail in North Carolina, July 2, 1996
Hail up to golf ball size on the 2nd covered the ground and damaged some corn and tobacco crops 5 miles west-northwest of Yandkinville.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $10,000
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Hail up to golf ball size on the 2nd covered the ground and damaged some corn and tobacco crops 5 miles west-northwest of Yandkinville.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:42 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 2, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 2, 1996
- Hail in Virginia, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 2, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 2, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 2, 1996
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5557053.