Hail, Rockingham
- When
- June 3, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, Eden
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -79.750
Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, June 3, 1998
5 miles west of Zionville to 1 mile south of Todd. A tornado from five and a half miles west to three and a half miles west Zionville in the western part of Watauga County destroyed a few barns and toppled trees and tree limbs causing power outages.
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
- $175,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 28
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 during the late afternoon and evening on the 3rd produced hail up to 3.00 inches in diameter, damaging wind, and a tornado.Thunderstorm winds toppled trees around Ayersville, blocking several roads, large trees and power lines in Glendale Springs, large trees in Meat Camp, trees in Mt Airy blocking some roads, trees in Reidsville,and trees and tree limbs causing power outages from 3.5 miles west of Zionville to 1 mile south of Todd. Numerous trees were toppled throughout Wilkes County, knocking down some power lines with 3300 people loosing power.A tornado from five and a half miles west to three and a half miles west Zionville in the western part of Watauga County destroyed a few barns and toppled trees and tree limbs causing power outages.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.
Event by event
19 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rockingham
- When
- June 3, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, 3 mi W of Wentworth
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -79.820
Hail, Rockingham
- When
- June 3, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, Reidsville
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -79.670
Hail, Rockingham
- When
- June 3, 5:44 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, Reidsville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -79.670
Hail, Rockingham
- When
- June 3, 5:48 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, Reidsville
- Measured
- 2.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -79.670
Hail, Rockingham
- When
- June 3, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, 2 mi W of Reidsville
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -79.700
Hail, Rockingham
- When
- June 3, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, 6 mi SE of Reidsville
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -79.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Rockingham
- When
- June 3, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, Reidsville
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -79.670
Hail, Rockingham
- When
- June 3, 5:51 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, 1 mi N of Reidsville
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -79.670
Hail, Caswell
- When
- June 3, 5:58 PM EST
- Where
- Caswell County, Camp Spgs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -79.500
Hail, Rockingham
- When
- June 3, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, 2 mi NW of Reidsville
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -79.700
Hail, Caswell
- When
- June 3, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Caswell County, Camp Spgs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -79.500
Hail, Caswell
- When
- June 3, 6:13 PM EST
- Where
- Caswell County, Anderson
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.270, -79.350
Tornado, Watauga
- When
- June 3, 7:17 PM EST to 7:20 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Zionville to 6 mi W of Zionville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -81.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Watauga
- When
- June 3, 7:20 PM EST to 7:37 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Zionville to 4 mi S of Todd
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -81.800
Hail, Ashe
- When
- June 3, 7:25 PM EST
- Where
- Ashe County, Lansing
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -81.520
Hail, Watauga
- When
- June 3, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Boone
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -81.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Ashe
- When
- June 3, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Ashe County, Glendale Spgs
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.350, -81.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Watauga
- When
- June 3, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Meat Camp
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -81.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Rockingham
- When
- June 3, 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, Ayersville
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.480, -80.030
Hail, Watauga
- When
- June 3, 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Meat Camp
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -81.670
Hail, Surry
- When
- June 3, 7:50 PM EST
- Where
- Surry County, Mt Airy
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -80.620
Hail, Watauga
- When
- June 3, 7:50 PM EST
- Where
- Watauga County, Boone
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -81.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Surry
- When
- June 3, 7:50 PM EST
- Where
- Surry County, Mt Airy
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -80.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkes
- When
- June 3, 8:10 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkes County, Countywide
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -81.130
Hail, Wilkes
- When
- June 3, 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkes County, 8 mi S of Wilkesboro
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -81.170
Hail, Wilkes
- When
- June 3, 8:25 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkes County, Moravian Falls
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -81.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkes
- When
- June 3, 8:25 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkes County, Moravian Falls
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -81.180
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Tennessee, June 3, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 3, 1998
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- Hail in Virginia, June 3, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 3, 1998
- Flood in Puerto Rico, June 3, 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: 5652079, 5652080, 5652081, 5652082, 5652083, 5652084, 5652085, 5652090, 5652086, 5652087, 5652180, 5652088, 5652089, 5652178, 5652179, 5652077, 5652078, 5652091, 5652092, 5652075, 5652093, 5652072, 5652076, 5652175, 5652177, 5652176, 5652073, 5652074.