Hail, Greene
- When
- June 13, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Greene County, Snow Hill
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -77.680
Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 13, 1998
A squall line swept across eastern areas of the state producing wind gusts between 60 and 70 mph knocking down trees and power lines. A tree fell onto a trailer in Chocowinity and into a house at Cape Carteret.
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
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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 MHX wrote it up.
A squall line swept across eastern areas of the state producing wind gusts between 60 and 70 mph knocking down trees and power lines. A tree fell onto a trailer in Chocowinity and into a house at Cape Carteret. Baseball size hail broke windshields and headlights in Creswell.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 13, 4:57 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Mackeys
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -76.620
Hail, Pitt
- When
- June 13, 5:10 PM EST
- Where
- Pitt County, Winterville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -77.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Pitt
- When
- June 13, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Pitt County, Shelmerdine
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -77.270
Hail, Washington
- When
- June 13, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Creswell
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.870, -76.400
Hail, Tyrrell
- When
- June 13, 5:31 PM EST
- Where
- Tyrrell County, Columbia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -76.250
Hail, Martin
- When
- June 13, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Martin County, Darden
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -76.820
Hail, Washington
- When
- June 13, 5:55 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Roper
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.870, -76.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaufort
- When
- June 13, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Beaufort County, Chocowinity
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -77.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Hyde
- When
- June 13, 6:40 PM EST
- Where
- Hyde County, Swanquarter
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -76.330
Hail, Tyrrell
- When
- June 13, 6:50 PM EST
- Where
- Tyrrell County, Gum Neck
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.720, -76.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Onslow
- When
- June 13, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Onslow County, Hubert
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -77.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Carteret
- When
- June 13, 7:38 PM EST
- Where
- Carteret County, Cape Carteret
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -77.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Carteret
- When
- June 13, 7:58 PM EST
- Where
- Carteret County, Beaufort
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -76.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Carteret
- When
- June 13, 8:05 PM EST
- Where
- Carteret County, Harkers Is
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -76.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Carteret
- When
- June 13, 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Carteret County, Otway
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -76.570
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 13, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1998
- Tornado in Kansas, June 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Massachusetts, June 13 to 23, 1998
- Heat in Florida, June 13, 1998
- Flooding in Kansas, June 13 to 22, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New Hampshire, June 13 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 13, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in District of Columbia, June 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Maine, June 13 to 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 13, 1998
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 1998
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: 5640552, 5640553, 5640554, 5640555, 5640556, 5640557, 5640558, 5640559, 5640560, 5640561, 5640562, 5640563, 5640564, 5640565, 5640566, 5640567.