Hail, Beaufort
- When
- June 19, 1:05 PM EST
- Where
- Beaufort County, 5 mi SW of Belhaven
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -76.700
Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 19, 1998
Isolated storms produced hail and a wind gust to 71 mph at the Ocracoke ferry dock.
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MHX wrote it up.
Isolated storms produced hail and a wind gust to 71 mph at the Ocracoke ferry dock.
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:02 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Beaufort
- When
- June 19, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Beaufort County, Belhaven
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -76.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Hyde
- When
- June 19, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Hyde County, Ocracoke
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -75.980
Hail, Lenoir
- When
- June 19, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lenoir County, Deep Run
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -77.720
Hail, Duplin
- When
- June 19, 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- Duplin County, Beulaville
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -77.770
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
- Rip Current in Florida, June 19, 1998
- Heat in Louisiana, June 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in West Virginia, June 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 19, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, June 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 19, 1998
- Tornado in Montana, June 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 19, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, June 19, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5640544, 5640545, 5640546, 5640547, 5640548.