Hail, Lenoir
- When
- August 18, 9:20 PM EST
- Where
- Lenoir County, Kinston
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -77.580
Dime size hail reported by 911 center.
Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 18, 1999
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 2
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), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:21 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lenoir
- When
- August 18, 9:32 PM EST
- Where
- Lenoir County, 5 mi SW of Kinston
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -77.650
Several large trees down near Kinston.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 18, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 18, 1999
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Minnesota, August 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 18, 1999
- Wildfire in Oregon, August 18 to 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 18, 1999
- Hail in Florida, August 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 18, 1999
- Heat in Georgia, August 18, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 18, 1999
- Heat in Alabama, August 18, 1999
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 1999
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5716303, 5716304.