Hail in North Carolina, May 26, 2001

Name: Hail in North Carolina, May 26, 2001
Start: 2001-05-26T13:05
End: 2001-05-26T13:05
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

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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, 12:55 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 12:55 PM EST, 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
155 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001

...CONCERNS THIS PKG ARE TIMING OF PRECIP SHUTOFF THIS EVE AND RAIN
CHANCES REST OF WEEKEND...

WV IMAGERY SHOWS CUTOFF UPPER LOW SPINNING OVER LAKE MICHIGAN.
SPEED MAX MOVG ACROSS DEEP SOUTH...AND LIKELY HELPING ONGOING
CONVECTION...SHOWS UP QUITE NICELY.  ANOTHER S/W TROF ON BACK SIDE
OF LOW... DROPPING SWD ACROSS ERN IA.  LINE OF TSTMS FROM JUST NW OF
MYR TO NEAR DPL...SHIFTING SLOWLY E.

DIFFICULTY IN 1ST PD WILL BE TIMING TS ACTIVITY OUT OF HERE.  NOT
MAKING MUCH EWD PROGRESS...SO WHETHER (AND WHERE) TO INCLUDE EVE
POPS WILL BE A LAST MIN CALL.  GOOD DRYING SHOWING UP FROM INLAND SC
BACK INTO TN/AL...AND COOLER GUID TEMPS OVERNITE SEEM TO REFLECT
THIS.  WILL TAKE THESE NUMBERS ESP INLAND.

ETA/NGM/AVN ALL WANT TO PINWHEEL UPPER LOW SLOWLY ACROSS GREAT LAKES
AND THEN NE BY LATE MON.  VORT CENTERS STAY CLOSER TO LOW CENTER IN
THESE PROGS...WITHOUT MUCH UPPER FORCING TO HELP TRIGGER PRECIP
ACROSS CAROLINAS.  COLD FRONT MAKES PAINFULLY SLOW PROGRESS TOWARD
AREA BY MON...FINALLY MOVING THRU LATE TUE.  MOST LIKELY LOOKING AT
SLGT CHC POPS FOR SUN/SUN NIGHT...THEN 30-ISH MON/TUE WITH APPROACH
OF FRONT. TEMPS WILL BE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON CLOUD COVER...AND IN
LIGHT OF RECENT TRENDS COOLER MAV NUMBERS LOOK LIKE THE WAY TO GO.

EXTENDED:  NEW MRF RUN DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS...ESP
BEYOND 72 HRS.  TRIES TO DIG A DEEP TROF INTO GREAT LAKES AGAIN
DURING LATTER HALF OF WEEK...AND SWING WET COLD FRONT THRU CAROLINAS
THU/FRI.  GIVEN THAT THIS IS COMPLETELY INCONSISTENT WITH PREV RUNS
WILL LEAVE EXTENDED ALONE FOR NOW.

CWF: EXCEPT FOR A BRIEF SWING TO W WINDS AFTER THIS LINE OF
CONVECTION MOVES PAST THIS EVE...SLY COMPONENT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
THRU MUCH OF FCST PERIOD.  WILL STAY BLO SCA CRITERIA WITH 15KT AND
3-4 FT EXPECTED.

FCSTID = 35
ILM   63  84  65  82 / 40  20  20  30
LBT   60  83  64  82 / 20  20  20  30
FLO   59  85  64  83 / 20  20  20  30
MYR   64  80  65  80 / 40  20  20  30

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

RAS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 11:36 AM EST, 1 hour 29 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, 1 hour 28 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, 1 hour 21 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, 1 hour 20 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, 1 hour 17 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

Local storm report, May 26, 12:42 PM EST, 23 minutes before

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

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

0120 PM    5 W OF LORIS GREEN SEA    SC   .88 INCH HAIL
05/26/01   HORRY                          REPORTED BY
OTHER

CH

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 13 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:05 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Brunswick

When: May 26, 1:05 PM EST
Where: Brunswick County, Ash
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 34.067, -78.533

Spotters reported golfball size hail with 50 to 60 mph wind gusts.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5250339.