Hail, Lenoir
- When
- May 8, 3:12 PM EST
- Where
- Lenoir County, 1 mi W of Kinston
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -77.600
Hail in North Carolina, May 8, 1998
14 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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
- 15
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), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:13 UTC.
Event by event
14 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lenoir
- When
- May 8, 3:19 PM EST
- Where
- Lenoir County, Kinston
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -77.580
Hail, Lenoir
- When
- May 8, 3:27 PM EST to 3:29 PM EST
- Where
- Lenoir County, 1 mi S of Kinston
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -77.580
Hail, Lenoir
- When
- May 8, 3:29 PM EST
- Where
- Lenoir County, La Grange
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -77.800
Hail, Pitt
- When
- May 8, 3:31 PM EST
- Where
- Pitt County, Greenville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -77.380
Hail, Pitt
- When
- May 8, 3:51 PM EST
- Where
- Pitt County, Grimesland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -77.200
Hail, Greene
- When
- May 8, 3:55 PM EST
- Where
- Greene County, Snow Hill
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -77.680
Hail, Hyde
- When
- May 8, 4:49 PM EST
- Where
- Hyde County, 2 mi N of New Holland
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -76.170
Funnel Cloud, Hyde
- When
- May 8, 4:49 PM EST
- Where
- Hyde County, New Holland
- Coordinates
- 35.410, -76.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel cloud over Lake Mattamuskeet.
Hail, Hyde
- When
- May 8, 4:53 PM EST
- Where
- Hyde County, Scranton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -76.470
Hail, Hyde
- When
- May 8, 5:03 PM EST
- Where
- Hyde County, Engelhard
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -76.000
Hail, Duplin
- When
- May 8, 6:28 PM EST
- Where
- Duplin County, Albertson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -77.830
Hail, Pitt
- When
- May 8, 6:44 PM EST
- Where
- Pitt County, Calico
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -77.270
Hail, Craven
- When
- May 8, 6:52 PM EST
- Where
- Craven County, 6 mi N of Vanceboro
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -77.170
Hail, Onslow
- When
- May 8, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Onslow County, Holly Ridge
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.520, -77.550
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 8 to 9, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 8, 1998
- Strong Wind in Kansas, May 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Hail in Utah, May 8, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 8, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 8, 1998
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, May 8 to 16, 1998
- Tornado in South Carolina, May 8, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Virginia, May 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 8, 1998
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 1998
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: 5636196, 5636197, 5636198, 5636199, 5636200, 5636201, 5636202, 5636203, 5636204, 5636205, 5636206, 5636279, 5636280, 5636281, 5636282.