North Carolina, 2001

Hail in North Carolina, April 1, 2001

April 1, 2001 · NWS ILM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 1, 10:18 AM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 10:18 AM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1018 AM EST SUN APR 1 2001

14Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT ENTERING THE NC/SC FOOTHILLS WITH
AN ASSOC NARROW LINE OF CONVECTION. ALSO INTERESTING TO NOTE THE
BACKDOOR FEATURE WHICH DROPPED DOWN THE NC COAST OVERNIGHT AND HAS
HUNG UP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY WEST TO DILLON COUNTY SC.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY MESONET HAS TEMPS IN THE LWR-MID 50S N OF THE
FRONT...WITH 59 AT SOUTHPORT (EXTRM S PART OF COUNTY.) VSBY SAT
SHOWS FRONT BEGINNING TO WASH OUT AND RETREAT N...SO SKY CVR/TEMPS
SHOULD WORK OUT FINE IN THE ZFP.

NOT PLANNING AN UPDATE ATTM. 40/50 POPS N AND 30 POPS S STILL LOOK
GOOD. 06Z MESOETA SHOWS BEST SFC CONV AND 700 MB UVV STILL REMAIN N
OF MY AREA TDY...AS SYSTEM QUICKLY SHIFTS E. TAIL END OF SQUALL LINE
FORMING IN THE FOOTHILLS WL PROBABLY CLIP MY NORTHERN COUNTIES...
ALONG AND N OF A LINE FROM DILLON TO NEW HANOVER. WL RE-EVALUATE
WHEN 12Z MODEL DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE.

CWF: CURRENT CWF LOOKS FINE. W WINDS THIS MORN SHOULD BECM SW JUST
BEFORE FROPA BEFORE GOING BACK TO W.

FCSTID = 9
ILM   68  41  63  43 /  50  20   0  10
LBT   66  40  61  42 /  50  10   0  10
FLO   68  40  64  45 /  30  10   0  10
MYR   69  41  63  44 /  30  10   0  10

.ILM...
NC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SURF CITY TO LITTLE RIVER INLET.
SC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LITTLE RIVER INLET TO S SANTEE RIVER.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 1, 12:40 PM EST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
140 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0115 PM    BENNETTSVILLE             SC   WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01   MARLBORO                       TREE LIMBS BLOWN ONTO
                                          POWER LINES ON HICKORY
                                          GROVE ROAD. REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTERS

0123 PM    BENNETTSVILLE             SC   WIND DAMAGE
04/01/01   MARLBORO                       50 MPH WIND GUSTS
                                          DESTROYED A METAL CARPORT
   w                                       ROOF. REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

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The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pender

When
April 1, 12:51 PM EST to 12:55 PM EST
Where
Pender County, Hampstead
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.367, -77.717

Spotter reported dime size hail.

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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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: 5240023.