Hail, Columbus
- When
- August 28, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Columbus County, 2 mi SE of Bolton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -78.400
Public reported golfball size hail.
Hail in North Carolina, August 28, 2001
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
- 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 Aug 28, 1:55 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 1:55 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 255 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 2001 TOPS WARMING AND PRECIPITATION SLOWLY WANING NORTH OF THE AREA AT TIME. SURFACE TROUGH WILL BE ALIGNED JUST UPSTREAM TODAY AND MAY DRIFT INTO WESTERN CWA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD ACT AS FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR CONVECTION WITH GOOD MOISTURE DEPTH AND INSTABILITY ALREADY IN PLACE. BEST OMEGA AND SHORT WAVE ENERGY TONIGHT. WILL MAINTAIN A 30 POP TODAY AND BOOST TO 50 POP TONIGHT. ON WEDNESDAY...COLD FRONT WILL BE SITUATED ACROSS CENTRAL NC. MODELS STILL SHOWING DECENT OMEGA ACROSS THE AREA. BUT AIRMASS SLOWLY DRYING AND BECOMING A LITTLE MORE STABLE. WILL INCLUDE A 40 POP. BEYOND WEDNESDAY...BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW. WEAK IMPULSES MAY IMPINGE ON THE AREA WITHIN THAT FLOW...BUT TIMING IS IMPOSSIBLE. EXPECT MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CWF...SW WIND 15 KT AND 3 TO 4 FT SEAS CURRENTLY. SW WIND 15 KT AND 3 TO 4 FT SEAS SHOULD HOLD THROUGH WED. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. FCSTID = 27 ILM 91 73 89 73 / 30 50 40 40 LBT 92 72 90 71 / 30 50 40 40 FLO 93 73 91 72 / 30 50 40 40 MYR 88 73 88 73 / 30 50 40 40 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. DIGIORGI
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:27 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Wildfire in California, August 28 to 31, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 28, 2001
- Hail in New Mexico, August 28, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 28, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 28, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 28, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 28, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 28, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 28, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 28, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 28, 2001
- Flooding and High Wind in Alaska, August 28 to 31, 2001
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5263598.