Thunderstorm Wind, Carteret
- When
- April 17, 2:45 PM EST to 2:47 PM EST
- Where
- Carteret County, Salter Path
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 34.683, -76.867
Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 17, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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.
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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 17, 1:48 PM EST, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 1:48 PM EST, 57 minutes before
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The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:45 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Carteret
- When
- April 17, 3:20 PM EST
- Where
- Carteret County, Sealevel
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 34.867, -76.383
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- High Wind in North Carolina, April 17, 2001
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 17, 2001
- Wildfire in Florida, April 17 to 20, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, April 17, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 17, 2001
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, April 17, 2001
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, April 17, 2001
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, April 17, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, April 17, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, April 17 to 18, 2001
- Extreme Cold in North Carolina, April 17 to 19, 2001
- High Wind in South Carolina, April 17, 2001
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2001
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: 5237270, 5237271.