Hail, Alleghany
- When
- June 11, 1:36 PM EST
- Where
- Alleghany County, Roaring Gap
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- POST OFFICE
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -80.980
Hail in North Carolina, June 11, 1998
88 inches in diameter in Roaring Gap during the early afternoon on the 11th.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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 RNK wrote it up.
Thunderstorms produced hail up to .88 inches in diameter in Roaring Gap during the early afternoon on the 11th.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:36 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.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5652065.