Hail, Pamlico
- When
- June 2, 3:25 PM EST
- Where
- Pamlico County, Bayboro
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -76.770
Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, June 2, 1998
An isolated thunderstorm dropped southeast through Pamlico and eastern Carteret counties producing large hail and a weak tornado which was on the ground for over 17 miles. Damage was limited to a few sheds and a boat.
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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
An isolated thunderstorm dropped southeast through Pamlico and eastern Carteret counties producing large hail and a weak tornado which was on the ground for over 17 miles. Damage was limited to a few sheds and a boat. At times witnesses reported dual funnels.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Beaufort
- When
- June 2, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Beaufort County, 5 mi SW of Aurora
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -76.870
Tornado, Carteret
- When
- June 2, 4:15 PM EST to 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Carteret County, South River to 1 mi E of Davis
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 17 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -76.580
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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The same day elsewhere
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5640439, 5640440, 5640441.