Hail in North Carolina, May 26, 2001

Name: Hail in North Carolina, May 26, 2001
Start: 2001-05-26T11:50
End: 2001-05-26T11:50
Location: North Carolina

May 26, 2001 · NWS ILM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 May 26, 9:10 AM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 9:10 AM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1010 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001

NOT PLANNING ON UPDATE OF PACKAGE SINCE CURRENT WORDING OF FORECAST
IS EXCELLENT. POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS
GOOD WITH MODIFIED SOUNDINGS INDICATING LIS ABOUT MINUS 7. SOME
CONCERN ABOUT ONGOING CNVTN WESTERN CWA BUT AND ASSOCD CLOUDINESS
INHIBITING INSOLATION BUT THINK APPROACHING DYNAMICS WILL COMPENSATE.
NOTED TRENDS IN RADAR SUGGESTING MUCH OF CWA IN THROAT OF DIFLUENCE
BETWEEN STRONG NE FLOW MID/UPR LVLS OVR NWRN PORTION OF CWA WHILE
CNTRL SC COASTAL ACTIVITY IS MUCH A SLOWER ENE TRACK.

CWF: NO CHANGES PLANNED FOR FORECAST.

FCSTID = 01
ILM   86  64  87  65 / 50  50  20  30
LBT   85  62  87  63 / 50  50  20  30
FLO   86  63  89  64 / 50  50  20  30
MYR   81  65  84  65 / 50  50  20  30

.ILM...
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

RWA

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 11:36 AM EST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1236 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001

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

1225 PM    ABBOTSBURG                NC   .88 INCH HAIL
05/26/01   BLADEN                         REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

1225 PM    AMMONS                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/26/01   BLADEN                         TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 242
                                          SOUTH OF AMMONSREPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT

1225 PM    CLARKTON                  NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/01   BLADEN                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

Local storm report, May 26, 11:37 AM EST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1237 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001

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

1225 PM    ABBOTSBURG                NC   .88 INCH HAIL
05/26/01   BLADEN                         REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

1225 PM    AMMONS                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/26/01   BLADEN                         TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 242
                                          SOUTH OF AMMONSREPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT

1225 PM    CLARKTON                  NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/01   BLADEN                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

CH

Local storm report, May 26, 11:44 AM EST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1244 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001

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

1225 PM    ABBOTSBURG                NC   .88 INCH HAIL
05/26/01   BLADEN                         REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

1225 PM    AMMONS                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/26/01   BLADEN                         TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 242
                                          SOUTH OF AMMONSREPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT

1225 PM    CLARKTON                  NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/01   BLADEN                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1235 PM    LISBON                    NC   2.50 INCH HAIL
05/26/01   BLADEN                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

CH

Local storm report, May 26, 11:45 AM EST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1245 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001

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

1225 PM    ABBOTSBURG                NC   .88 INCH HAIL
05/26/01   BLADEN                         REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

1225 PM    AMMONS                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/26/01   BLADEN                         TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 242
                                          SOUTH OF AMMONSREPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT

1225 PM    CLARKTON                  NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/01   BLADEN                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1235 PM    LISBON                    NC   2.50 INCH HAIL
05/26/01   BLADEN                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

CH

Local storm report, May 26, 11:48 AM EST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1248 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001

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

1235 PM    LISBON                    NC   2.50 INCH HAIL
05/26/01   BLADEN                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

CH

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:49 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Columbus

When: May 26, 11:50 AM EST
Where: Columbus County, Whiteville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 34.333, -78.700

Dime size hail cracked a windshield.

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5250337.