Hail, Beaufort
- When
- May 17, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Beaufort County, Bayview
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -76.800
Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, May 17, 1998
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 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.
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:59 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Carteret
- When
- May 17, 11:05 AM EST
- Where
- Carteret County, 3 mi N of Beaufort
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -76.650
Hail, Duplin
- When
- May 17, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Duplin County, Chinquapin
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -77.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Duplin
- When
- May 17, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Duplin County, Chinquapin
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -77.800
Two large pine trees blown down.
Flash Flood, Onslow
- When
- May 17, 4:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Onslow County, Jacksonville
- Coordinates
- 34.763, -77.393 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Six inches of rain recorded at Camp Lejeune between 3 and 5 pm. Cars were stalled in water at the camp. Highway 17 was closed for awhile in Jacksonville. Flooding reported in Hubert.
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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 17, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 17, 1998
- Hail in North Carolina, May 17, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, May 17, 1998
- Hail in South Carolina, May 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 17, 1998
- Hail in North Carolina, May 17, 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: 5636283, 5636284, 5636285, 5636286, 5636287.