Hail, Washington
- When
- August 18, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Roper
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.870, -76.620
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 18, 1997
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 Morehead City radar (KMHX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dare
- When
- August 18, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Dare County, Rodanthe to 10 mi of Oregon Inlet
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -75.480
Campers overturned by a thunderstorm wind gust. Coast Guard station nearby measured a peak gust of 53 mph.
Hail, Beaufort
- When
- August 18, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Beaufort County, 1 mi W of Yeatesville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -76.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Onslow
- When
- August 18, 4:12 PM EST
- Where
- Onslow County, Swansboro
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -77.130
Trees down on Hammocks Beach Road.
Hail, Pamlico
- When
- August 18, 4:23 PM EST
- Where
- Pamlico County, Alliance
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -76.820
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 18, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, August 18 to 19, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, August 18, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, August 18 to 20, 1997
- Rip Current in Florida, August 18, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, August 18, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 18, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 18, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 18, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, August 18, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 18, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, August 18, 1997
More
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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: 5607454, 5607453, 5607455, 5607457, 5607456.