Hail, Lee
- When
- June 2, 1:15 PM EST to 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, Broadway
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -79.070
Hail in North Carolina, June 2, 1997
50 INCH HAIL FELL IN AN AREA FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF SANFORD NORTHEAST TO THE BROADWAY COMMUNITY OF LEE COUNTY.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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 RAH wrote it up.
1.50 INCH HAIL FELL IN AN AREA FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF SANFORD NORTHEAST TO THE BROADWAY COMMUNITY OF LEE COUNTY.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Flash Flood and Flood in South Dakota, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 2, 1997
- Flood and Hail in Colorado, June 2 to 6, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 2, 1997
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 1997
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: 5592560.