Hail, Graham
- When
- April 3, 6:40 PM EST
- Where
- Graham County, Fontana Vlg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -83.830
Hail in North Carolina, April 3, 1998
A strong spring storm system moved northeast through the Tennessee Valley on the 3rd. A couple thunderstorms along the occluded front that passed across the mountains became severe and produced hail up to quarter size.
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
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 GSP wrote it up.
A strong spring storm system moved northeast through the Tennessee Valley on the 3rd. A couple thunderstorms along the occluded front that passed across the mountains became severe and produced hail up to quarter size. Other severe thunderstorms developed along a thermal-moisture boundary in the piedmont and produced hail up to 2 inches in diameter.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mecklenburg
- When
- April 3, 9:28 PM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County, 3 mi S of Charlotte
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -80.850
Hail, Henderson
- When
- April 3, 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Henderson County, Bat Cave
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -82.280
Hail, Cabarrus
- When
- April 3, 9:50 PM EST
- Where
- Cabarrus County, Midland
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -80.520
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 3, 1998
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, April 3 to 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 3, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 3 to 4, 1998
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: 5637247, 5637248, 5637249, 5637250.