Hail, Ashe
- When
- May 7, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ashe County, 4 mi NW of Lansing
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.530, -81.570
Hail in North Carolina, May 7, 1999
Thunderstorms during the late afternoon and early evening of the 7th produced hail up to 1 inch in diameter.
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
- 4
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 early evening of the 7th produced hail up to 1 inch in diameter.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Yadkin
- When
- May 7, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Yadkin County, 5 mi NW of Boonville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -80.780
Hail, Stokes
- When
- May 7, 6:55 PM EST
- Where
- Stokes County, Lawsonville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.480, -80.250
Hail, Stokes
- When
- May 7, 7:14 PM EST
- Where
- Stokes County, 4 mi NE of Lawsonville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.520, -80.200
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 7, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Maryland, May 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 7, 1999
- Hail in Florida, May 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 7, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 7, 1999
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5694949, 5694950, 5694951, 5694952.