Hail, Nash
- When
- May 26, 11:10 AM EST
- Where
- Nash County, Nashville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.967, -77.967
Hail in North Carolina, May 26, 2001
3 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
- 3
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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 26, 9:45 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 9:45 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1045 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001 AREAS EAST OF I-95 APPEAR PRIMED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG SHORT WAVE NOW OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA WILL MOVE ACROSS STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS FEATURE HAS FAVORABLE UPPER SUPPORT FOR MAINTAINING GOOD LIFT AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST. CONVECTION HAS BEEN TRAINING SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OVER MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. THE RAIN COOLED LOWER LEVELS HAVE STABILIZED OVER THE PIEDMONT BUT EAST OF I-95 THE LOW LEVELS ARE QUITE WARM AND MOIST. EXPECT STRONG CONVECTION TO FIRE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EAST WITH A FEW STORMS REACHING SEVERE LIMITS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON WITH ACTIVITY DIMINISHING AS YOU GO WEST. .RAH...NONE. SWH
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:12 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Halifax
- When
- May 26, 12:20 PM EST
- Where
- Halifax County, Enfield
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 36.183, -77.667
Hail, Wayne
- When
- May 26, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Mt Olive
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -78.067
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 Indiana, May 26, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 26, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, May 26, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 26, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 26, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 26, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 26, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Maryland, May 26, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 26, 2001
- Hail in Virginia, May 26, 2001
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, May 26, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, May 26, 2001
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 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: 5243147, 5243148, 5243149.