Hail, Columbus
- When
- June 15, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Columbus County, Cherry Grove
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.233, -78.967
Law enforcement reported golfball size hail.
Hail in North Carolina, June 15, 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 Jun 15, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 250 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001 LOW IS SLOWLY PULLING AWAY AND WRAPAROUND IS HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING ANY PROGRESS INTO THE AREA THIS AFTN. WILL DROP FFA THIS PACKAGE. WILL CARRY A SLIGHT CHANCE POP TO GIVE ANY SCATTERED AFTN SHOWERS OR TSTMS THAT DO DEVELOP A CHANCE TO DIE THIS EVENING... HOWEVER S/WV RIDGING AND SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE UPPER LOW SHOULD MAKE FOR A QUIET NIGHT. WEAK S/WV RIDGING ERODES AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE ALONG WITH MAX TEMPS REACHING NEAR 90 WILL RESULT IN MODERATE INSTABILITY SAT AFTN. MESOETA PAINTS -5 LI'S AND CAPES > 2000 J/KG SO WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS. FRONT MOVES OFF THE COAST SAT NIGHT WITH DRY AIR PUSHING ACROSS THE CWA ON SUN. WILL KEEP A CHANCE POP SAT NIGHT BUT SUN WELL INTO NEXT WEEK LOOKS DRY AND WARM UNDER FLAT H5 RIDGE. CWF: LOW FINALLY DEPARTING AND WINDS/SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW SCA CONDITIONS WITH OFFSHORE TR0AJECTORY. FCSTID = 33 ILM 72 90 70 86 / 20 30 30 10 LBT 69 90 67 87 / 20 30 30 10 FLO 70 91 68 88 / 20 30 30 10 MYR 71 89 70 85 / 20 30 30 10 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, June 15 to 17, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 15, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5251762.