Hail, Pender
- When
- May 17, 4:35 PM EST to 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Pender County, Rocky Pt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -77.880
Hail in North Carolina, May 17, 1998
Late afternoon thunderstorms caused hail as big as golf balls and a few 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
- 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 ILM wrote it up.
Late afternoon thunderstorms caused hail as big as golf balls and a few power outages.
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:33 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, New Hanover
- When
- May 17, 5:05 PM EST to 5:10 PM EST
- Where
- New Hanover County, Wilmington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -77.930
Reported in North Chase subdivision.
Hail, Brunswick
- When
- May 17, 5:20 PM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Brunswick County, Maco
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -78.150
Hail, Bladen
- When
- May 17, 5:25 PM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Bladen County, 1 mi E of Clarkton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -78.630
Besides hail, power outage reported.
Hail, Columbus
- When
- May 17, 6:00 PM EST to 6:36 PM EST
- Where
- Columbus County, Hallsboro to Chadbourn
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -78.600
Many reports across central Columbus County describe hail sized from pennies to golf balls.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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: 5647114, 5647115, 5647116, 5647117, 5647118.